A Christmas throw blanket is the one piece of holiday decorating that earns its keep, because you can actually wrap up in it while everything else just sits there looking festive. Every print in this collection is original artwork, made for these blankets and nothing else. Find your size below, then let it live on the arm of the couch from the first cold week straight through New Year's.
How to Choose a Christmas Throw Blanket
The print is what you notice first, but size decides whether the blanket gets used all season or ends up folded on a shelf by December 27. Think about where it's going to sit before you think about what's on it. A christmas throw blanket that lives on the back of the couch has a different job than one you're wrapping up and putting under the tree, and the three sizes below are built around that difference.
| Size | Standard throw | Sherpa throw | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small | 30 x 40" | 37 x 57" | Kids, a reading chair, a lap blanket in the car |
| Medium | 50 x 60" | 50 x 60" | One adult on the couch, the most common pick |
| Large | 60 x 80" | 60 x 80" | Two people sharing, or layered across the foot of a bed |
Both styles share the two larger sizes, so if you already know you want the 50 x 60 or the 60 x 80, the only question left is which print. The smallest size is where they differ, and that matters if you're buying for a kid or for one particular chair. If the sherpa side is what you're after, our sherpa throw blankets run well past the holidays.
Christmas Throw Blanket Sizes for the Couch
For a sofa, the 50 x 60 is the size most people reach for. It covers one adult from shoulder to ankle with enough left to tuck under your feet, and it drapes over a standard three-seat couch without pooling on the floor. If two of you are going to end up sharing it halfway through the same movie, go to the 60 x 80 and save yourself the negotiation. The 30 x 40 works better as a lap blanket for an armchair, or folded over the arm of the couch as seasonal color you can pull down when you want it.
Holiday Throw Blanket Prints in This Collection
Christmas prints tend to split into two camps. There are the ones that go up on December 1 and come down the day after Christmas, and there are the ones you can leave out through February without the room looking like you forgot. This collection covers both. A holiday throw blanket in plaid or a snowy palette carries into January without a second thought, while the gingerbread and nutcracker prints are unapologetically about one month of the year, which is the whole point of them.
Christmas Tree Throw Blanket
Tree prints are the safest place to start when you're buying for someone else, because they read as Christmas from across the room without committing to a particular style. Watch the scale of the repeat: small, dense trees give you a texture you notice up close, while a few large trees make more of a graphic statement folded over the back of a chair.
Gingerbread Throw Blanket
Gingerbread is the warmest of the Christmas prints, all cinnamon browns and piped white icing, and it tends to end up in the kitchen or the breakfast nook rather than the living room. It works in a room that already leans toward wood tones and low lighting. Kids gravitate to this one and rarely give it back.
Christmas Plaid Throw Blanket
Plaid has the longest season of anything here. A red and black buffalo check or a green tartan reads as Christmas in December and reads as winter cabin in February, so it's the christmas throw blanket to pick if you'd rather not restyle the living room twice. The same logic runs through our classic plaid throws all year.
Nutcracker Throw Blanket
A nutcracker print is for the households that go all in, the ones with the ballet on in the background and the good ornaments out of the box. The palette runs to deep reds, golds, and soldier blues, and it looks best against a room with some contrast to play off rather than a pale neutral one.
Snowman Throw Blanket
Snowman prints are the gentlest way into the season and the easiest to keep out after it. Because the imagery is winter rather than strictly Christmas, this one stays right through the cold months without feeling stranded in mid-January. Good for a kid's room or a guest bed, and it sits comfortably alongside the rest of our winter designs.
Gifting a Christmas Throw Blanket
A throw blanket is one of the few gifts that gets used the same week it's opened, which is why it holds up so well for teachers, in-laws, coworkers, and anyone whose taste you're only about seventy percent sure of. The 50 x 60 is the size to default to when you're buying for someone else, since it suits almost any room and almost any body. If you're shipping it straight to them, the print matters more than usual, so lean toward plaid or trees over the louder novelty prints unless you know their house well.
Orders arrive in 9-11 days. Count backward from the date you need it in hand and give yourself a few days of margin, because December shipping slows down for everyone. Ordering in November is the difference between a gift and an apology.
Caring for Your Christmas Throw Blanket
Wash cold on a gentle cycle, tumble dry low, and keep it away from fabric softener, which coats the fibers and flattens the surface over time. Wash it on its own or with other soft items rather than with towels or denim. Store it folded rather than crushed at the back of a closet, and it comes out in November looking the way it did when you put it away.
More Christmas Throw Blanket Collections to Browse
If you'd rather browse by color than by theme, our red throws and our green throws both carry the season without a single tree or snowflake on them, which is the move when the room already has plenty going on.