A tall, elongated black horse stands in side profile against a flat red sky, ridden by a slender, faceless figure in a long cream robe and wide-brimmed black hat. A long forest-green scarf streams out behind the rider, and gold rope reins loop to the rider's hand.

The horse wears an evergreen and holly wreath with red berries, tied with a large dusty red satin bow, and carries two wrapped gifts on its back. A gold eight-pointed star hangs at upper left, snow-dusted fir trees anchor the corners, and white flecks of snow drift across the sky.

Thick palette-knife strokes drag through the cream robe, the snow and the mane and tail, in a contemporary folk style with a matte, hand-brushed surface.