A very special anonymous customer commissioned the Kringle Sleigh. Made.com asked Steuart Padwick to design it. Image: Made.com The sleigh's body and skis are made from steam-bent white ash wood. Each ski is plated with bronze phosphor. Image: Made.com The lunar panel uses the reflective light of the moon to power the seat heater and GPS. Image: Made.com The reins are made from 100 percent moose leather. Image: Made.com The sleigh comes with plenty of storage space. Image: Made.com

We hate to bad-mouth Santa, but we have to be honest: The old man is not the most stylish guy on the planet. Still, it’s fun to pretend, despite his lack of sartorial style, what Santa Claus might be like if he were slightly more design-savvy. In this fantasy, ol' Kringle would tailor the baggy red suit, give his beard a trim and trade in that gaudy red sleigh for this gorgeous ride from Made.com.

The Kringle Sleigh, designed by Steuart Padwick for the online design store, was a one-off project commissioned by an unidentified "global logistics coordinator" with very good taste.

Though the anonymous customer needed the sleigh in a rush—the team had two weeks to design and manufacture the entire thing—the luxe ride comes with all sorts of thoughtful, high-end touches. Padwick is best know for his curvy wooden furniture, and the the dall sheep's wool seat is actually an adapted version of another chair Padwick designed for Made.com, complete with reinforced titanium alloy springs to ensure a comfy ride for the driver. “Not that I’ve ever designed a sleigh before,” he says.

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Padwick’s version is tasteful, almost toy-like in its simplicity. “There are the picture postcard sleights where you get these amazingly elaborate Santa sleighs with all sorts of twirly bits, decorative bits, which are great,” he says. “But I wanted to keep this very clean and simple, nothing too elaborate and superfluous.”

The wood, a white ash sourced from northern Scandinavia, was steam bent—a process where steam-moistened wood is bent into place and dried to lock in its shape— which allowed for the clean lines and smooth curves of the body and skis. Each ski is plated with phosphor bronze, which helps absorb the shock of rough terrain and allows the sleigh to glide quickly along the snow. “You don’t need the aerodynamics of a jet fighter, but it does need to move pretty quickly,” Padwick says.

The little rectangle you see on top of the body’s curve is actually a lunar panel, which generates energy from the reflective light of the moon in order to heat the seat and power a GPS. All these perks come with a £2,500 price tag, but you get a lot of design for your money. Only problem we can see? Reindeer aren't included.