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The quickest Santa costume to get into is the £45.99 inflatable pick-me-up suit: step in, zip up, and the built-in fan does the rest. The most complete women's look in one order is the £27.99 set, arriving with the dress, cape, belt, and hat together. Everything below is judged the same way: how it looks, how it fits, and whether you can still stand wearing it by the end of the night.
- The best Santa costume for each kind of Christmas
- The office party and Santacon pick: the inflatable Santa
- The complete look: our Womens Santa Costume
- For the school party and jumper day: three kids' Santa costumes
- Sizing and care, all in one place
- Frequently asked questions
We make an inflatable Santa suit, a complete women's set, three kids' Santa costumes, and the eight-piece professional suit worn for grotto appearances, all in our Christmas costume and fancy dress range. Here's which one fits which Christmas.
The best Santa costume for each kind of Christmas
Five picks, four of them under £31. The column that matters most is what's in the pack, because "Santa costume" can mean an eight-piece suit with a beard in the box or a single dress with nothing else, and that difference only shows up when you open it.
| Best for | Pick | Price | What's in the pack | Sizes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office party or Santacon | Inflatable Santa Costume Giant Pick Me Up | £45.99 | One-piece inflatable suit, built-in fan and battery housing | One size, most adults |
| A complete women's look | Womens Santa Costume | £27.99 | Dress, cape, belt, hat | S (8-10) to XXL (24-26) |
| Toddler school party | Kids Miss Santa Dress | £10.99 | Dress, hat | 1-2 and 3-4 years |
| Older kids' school party | Kids Miss Santa's Helper | from £10.99 | Dress, shawl, belt | S to L, roughly 4-12 years |
| A child's own inflatable moment | Kids Santa Pick Me Up Inflatable | £30.99 | One-piece inflatable suit, built-in fan and battery housing | One size, most children |
The office party and Santacon pick: the inflatable Santa
1. Inflatable Santa Costume Giant Pick Me Up: the fan does the work
The Inflatable Santa Costume Giant Pick Me Up does the work for you: the built-in fan fills the suit out and Santa appears to be carrying you along, so you arrive already mid-joke. One size, designed to fit most adults, on 4 x AA batteries not included, so add a pack to the order. There's no second person in there; our piggyback and ride-on costumes guide explains how the illusion is built.
Santacon London's own rule is a Santa outfit, not just a hat, so a one-piece inflatable qualifies without extra shopping. Liverpool's Santa Dash is a different case: entry already includes a Santa suit, so there's no need to buy one for that specifically, and a fan-inflated suit suits a party or a pub crawl better than a 5K run in any case. For more novelty office-party picks, see our funny Christmas costumes and festive fancy dress guide.
The complete look: our Womens Santa Costume
2. Womens Santa Costume: one order, nothing else to buy
The Womens Santa Costume is four pieces in one order: the dress, the cape, the belt, and the hat, for £27.99. Five sizes, S (UK 8-10) through XXL (UK 24-26). Plenty of women's Santa sets on the market are a dress and a belt, or a dress and a hat, and the hat is the piece people end up buying twice.
Women's Santa searches reaching morphsuits.co.uk outnumber kids' Santa searches by more than three to one over the past twelve months, which is why this pick gets the longest entry here. Every costume goes through over 30 measurement checks. Five sizes cover this one, S (UK 8-10) through XXL (UK 24-26). Prefer the classic Mrs Claus dress and cape? See our best Christmas party costumes for women guide.
For the school party and jumper day: three kids' Santa costumes
Three kids' Santa costumes, and no two of them use the same size chart. The toddler dress runs in years, the helper dress runs Small to Large, and the inflatable is one size. Buy from the chart on the costume you're actually ordering.
3. Kids Miss Santa Dress: for the toddler years
The Kids Miss Santa Dress is a two-piece set, the dress and the hat, in two sizes only: 1-2 years and 3-4 years, at £10.99. Toddler parties being what they are, learn the care rule before the day rather than after it: cold hand wash, air dry, never the washing machine.
4. Kids Miss Santa's Helper: dress, shawl, and belt for the older years
The Kids Miss Santa's Helper is the three-piece version of the same idea: a dress, a shawl, and a belt, from £10.99. Small is confirmed for ages 4 to 6; it also runs Medium and Large for older children, so measure against the size guide rather than guess up from Small.
5. Kids Santa Pick Me Up Inflatable: the one they put on themselves
The Kids Santa Pick Me Up Inflatable is the adult suit scaled down: one size, designed to fit most children, £30.99, on the same 4 x AA batteries, also not included. As a rough steer it suits roughly 120cm to 155cm and up to about age 12; check the size guide if your child sits at either end. It does the same trick at the school gate without a parent having to wear it.
Christmas Jumper Day, run by Save the Children, lands on Thursday 10 December 2026, so if your child's school party is pinned to that date, order with a week in hand instead of on the Wednesday night. Dressing the nativity instead? Our nativity costumes for the school play guide covers Mary, Joseph, shepherds, and kings.
Sizing and care, all in one place
None of these go in a washing machine. Cold hand wash, air dry, and that holds for every fabric Santa costume we make, not just the delicate end of the range. The two inflatables are a different job: take the fan and battery pack out first, sponge the fabric down, then let it dry all the way through before it goes back in the loft, because a suit folded away damp is a suit you replace next November.
Sizing splits by segment: the women's set runs UK 8-10 to 24-26, the professional suit runs by chest (41-44in or 44-48in), the toddler dress runs in years, the helper dress runs Small to Large, and the two inflatables are one size, designed to fit most adults or most children. Take the larger size if you're between two on any of them. We run 500,000+ quality checks a year across everything we make; the unglamorous half of that job is a costume worn once a year still having to survive a rushed change by someone running behind schedule.
Frequently asked questions
What's included in a deluxe Santa costume?
A deluxe or professional Santa costume is eight pieces: a jacket, matching trousers, a belt, gloves, boot covers, a hat, a beard, and glasses, all in one box. Our own Professional Santa Father Christmas Costume matches that count exactly, sized Standard (41-44in chest) or Plus (44-48in), and the beard and glasses are the two pieces a party suit usually leaves you to buy separately. The Ministry of Fun's Santa School, which bills itself as the UK's longest-running professional Santa training, ran its 27th year in 2025; the suit gets you dressed for the part, the training is a separate booking.
What's the difference between Santa and Father Christmas?
Nothing today; in modern Britain the two names describe the same figure, and the costume is identical. A YouGov survey found Britain almost exactly split, 46% Santa and 46% Father Christmas, with older respondents leaning Father Christmas and under-35s leaning Santa (YouGov, November 2025). Call it whichever your household prefers; it's the same suit either way.
Has Santa always worn a red suit?
No, though the red long predates Coca-Cola's adverts. Coca-Cola's own company history says "Santa appeared in a red coat before Sundblom painted him" in 1931, and credits cartoonist Thomas Nast, who drew Santa for Harper's Weekly from the 1860s onward, with changing the coat from tan to red over some thirty years (The Coca-Cola Company). The adverts made the suit famous; they didn't invent it.
What age does a kids Santa costume fit?
Our kids' Santa range runs from toddler to around early primary age across three costumes, each sized differently, so check the specific product rather than assume one age band covers all three. The Kids Miss Santa Dress covers 1 to 4 years, the Kids Miss Santa's Helper starts at Small for ages 4 to 6 and runs up through Medium and Large, and the Kids Santa Pick Me Up is one size, designed to fit most children roughly 120cm to 155cm tall. Check the size guide before ordering.
How do I wash a Santa costume?
By hand, in cold water, then air dry. No fabric Santa costume we make goes in a washing machine. The inflatable pick-me-up suits work differently: take the battery pack and fan unit out first, sponge the fabric down, then let it dry all the way through before you fold it away for next year.
Is a Santa costume enough for a Santa Dash or Santacon?
For Santacon, yes: the organisers' rule is a Santa outfit, not just a hat, and a full costume like ours qualifies (Santacon London). Liverpool's Santa Dash is different: the 2025 run drew 11,100 entrants, and everyone over 3 gets a Santa suit included in the entry fee (BTR Liverpool), so save the inflatable for the office party and the pub crawl instead.
Buy for the event you're actually going to, not the photograph you liked: a grotto booking and a Thursday night office party want different suits. The rest of the Christmas costume and fancy dress range goes well past Santa, and kids Christmas costumes picks up the school end of December. We make your best times better with costumes.
