Naughty and Nice Christmas Tags SVG

About this design

Every family has a running argument about who has behaved this year, and these tags settle it in writing. The file holds a matching pair of luggage tags stacked one over the other: red for NAUGHTY, green for NICE, both lettered in heavy cream capitals and each with a string hole at its left end. They do not touch, so you can use one, both or several of either.

NICE has fewer letters, so it runs noticeably bigger on its tag, and the mismatch is part of the charm.

Color layers

• Base and lines in near-black green: the whole design, cut as the base layer
• Tag in rich red: the NAUGHTY tag
• Picture in forest green: the NICE tag
• Lettering in cream: both words

Note that the second tag is on the Picture layer. It carries that name only because the file needs a separate slot for the green, so look there if you want to recolor NICE.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 13 pieces and 5 cut-outs. Two pieces are the tags, seven are the letters of NAUGHTY and four are the letters of NICE. Those 5 cut-outs are two string holes, one channel around each word and the single center of the A.

Each letter is a separate piece resting in a channel carved out of its tag, so bring transfer tape or a backing card. Compared with most lettered tags, there is very little to weed here. It passes our cut checks from about 3 inches wide.

Cutting a mismatched batch

Since nobody needs an equal split, decide your ratio first. One way to go about it:

1. Size the whole file to at least 3 inches wide; each tag takes up nearly all of that width.
2. Cut the file once from red cardstock and once from green, discarding the tag you do not need from each.
3. Cut the letters from cream, in as many sets as you have tags.
4. Mount every tag on a dark backing card cut to its outline, then set the letters.

For the fastest route, print the color file on cardstock and use Print Then Cut.

Under the tree

• A verdict on each gift, written up by the household’s self-appointed judge.
• Coal jokes, with NAUGHTY tied to a tiny bag of black jelly beans.
• Two presents for one person, wrapped as a pair so they have to open NICE first.
• Office gift swaps, where the tag itself is the punch line.
• Bottle gifts, with both tags on the same neck.

Write the person’s name on the blank back, or leave it blank and let everyone guess.

Size guide

Going below 3 inches means switching to Print Then Cut, with only the outer edges cut.

Pairs well with

The Do Not Open Until Christmas Tag has the same teasing streak, and the ugly sweater gift tag suits the same crowd.