Funny Gifts for Someone Who Is Always Cold
Everyone knows one: the person who brings a sweater in July, keeps a blanket on the couch all year and asks if anyone else is cold when nobody else is. Shopping for them is easy in one way, because you already know what they care about. The trick is finding something that's warm-hearted and a little funny, not just another pair of socks.
These picks lean into the joke. Both designs are in our retro illustrated style, and both are winter jokes rather than holiday ones, so they work from the first cold snap until spring.
The penguin who is also always cold
A penguin wrapped in every scarf it owns, which is a strange problem for a penguin to have. It's printed on a Comfort Colors 1717 tee, a heavier, garment-dyed cotton shirt with a relaxed fit. It's a good base layer for someone who wears a hoodie over everything anyway.
The same penguin on an 11 oz ceramic mug. For a person who is always cold, a mug is a practical gift: it holds the hot drink they were going to make anyway, and it warms their hands while they drink it. It's also the safe pick when you don't know their shirt size.
For the person who would rather hibernate
A possum flat on its back, done with winter until it's over. It's also on a Comfort Colors 1717 tee. It suits the friend who wants to stay under a blanket until the weather turns, and says so often.
If they're always cold at work
Offices are a common complaint for people who run cold. A few ways to make one of these gifts fit the office:
- The desk mug: the penguin mug is easy to keep at a desk, and it's a quiet joke about the thermostat that coworkers will get.
- Casual Friday: either tee works under a cardigan or a zip-up, so it can be worn in a casual office without looking like a costume.
- No size to guess: for a coworker you don't know well, the mug avoids sizing completely.
Make it a cozy bundle
A single shirt or mug is a fine gift on its own, but it's easy to round it out with things the person will actually use:
- The penguin mug with a few packets of cocoa or their favorite tea inside.
- A tee rolled up with a pair of warm socks or slippers.
- The penguin tee and mug together, as a matching set.
Picking a size
Comfort Colors tees have a relaxed, slightly boxy fit, and most people take their usual size. Since someone who runs cold will often wear the tee as a layer, their usual size is usually the right call. Size up only if they like a looser fit. The cotton is garment-dyed, so washing cold and skipping the hot dryer helps limit shrinking. The size picker on each product page shows the sizes you can order.
Who each one suits
- Always cold, always has a hot drink: the penguin mug.
- Wears layers all year: the penguin tee.
- Counts the days until spring: the possum tee.
Looking for more animal designs? See our funny gifts for frog lovers and our funny Thanksgiving shirts and mugs.