Debenhams

1,658 jumpers to choose from

Christmas jumpers, pyjamas and festive knits at Debenhams — a big range across womenswear, menswear and kids, with the licensed-character jumpers they do better than most.

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Debenhams is comfortably the biggest single source of Christmas jumpers on this site, and the reason is that it is now an online brand carrying a very large number of other labels rather than a department store with a fixed range. In practice that means the festive rail here is wider and stranger than anywhere else we list.

Everything is in it. Proper wool-blend Fair Isle from the heritage knitwear brands. Full novelty tat with pom-poms on. Jumper dresses, children’s sets, pyjamas, pet jumpers and a long tail of designs from labels you will not have heard of. If you do not know what you want and you want to look at as much as possible in one place, start here – it is the closest thing to browsing a whole high street at once.

Because it is a marketplace of brands, the two things that vary most are sizing and delivery times, and both are per-item rather than site-wide. Check the specific listing rather than assuming. The upside of the same arrangement is that the sales are frequent and the discounts on festive knitwear after the first week of December are often substantial.

Hollan Fair Isle Cardigan Christmas jumper from Debenhams

Hollan Fair Isle Cardigan

Repeating Fair Isle, the kind that survives into February. "Hollan Fair Isle" is the entire pitch, and honestly that is plenty.

Ivory Penguin Fluffy Jumper Christmas jumper from Debenhams

Ivory Penguin Fluffy Jumper

A penguin in a scarf, which is both unnecessary and completely correct. Leads with "Ivory Penguin Fluffy" and trusts you to do the rest.

Johnny Christmas T-Shirt from Debenhams

Johnny Christmas T-Shirt

The straightforward end of the Christmas shelf. Short sleeves, for buildings with the heating set to August.