Of Christmas trees and cats

[Yavin4]

Look, all year long, you play with your kitty with shiny, dangling things. Now, you bring home this big tree filled with shiny, dangling things, but you won't let your cat play with it.

You're sending poor kitty mixed messages!

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. I learned a long long long time ago

cats or trees, take your pick.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. So true. I haven't tried to put up a tree in years.

I have three cats.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Good times, good times.

[Yavin4]

4. Cats, leading the war on Christmas!

SMH

[leftyladyfrommo]

6. I just told the dog to see the cats

And she ran to look out the window.

My dogs just don't understand the phone.

[lindysalsagal]

14. Thanks. I needed that.

Reminds me of work!

[restorefreedom]

12. yup. and never the twain shall meet. nt

[yellowdogintexas]

5. you need to meet Fern and Iris

http://www.fluffytails.ca/christmas.asp


I love Fern and Iris

[haele]

7. The three original cats never played in the holiday tree.

They'd sniff it, then go about their business (I hung all the bells and jinglies up high). I got so complacent that for the last three years, I've put up great-grandma's antique glass ornaments - only one got broken, and that was because the then 3-year-old grand-daughter just had to try to take it off the tree.

However, this summer, we ended up fostering a kitten who had been separated from her mommy too soon. It was only going to be temporary...but the Princess (a cranky old pixie-bob) decided Goblin was her kitten, and that was that. She's dog-like, an active climber and carries the affectionate nick-name of Crazy-eyes.

I'm not putting any breakables up on the tree this year.

Haele

[Le Taz Hot]

8. We have a small fake tree we set up and plug in.

I very laboriously set it up on the table, with the skirt, various Christmas decorations around it until it looks JUST right. One of my cats, Erica, will then go over and proceed to rearrange. The first time she did it I very laboriously re-did it. Less than 15 minutes later she "re-decorated" it again. After that, I left it alone and so did she. (This is the same cat that has learned where the on/off button is on the stereo and if she doesn't like the music, turns the stereo to "off" all by her little furry self.)

[Rose-anna]

9. An interesting cat!

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What an interesting cat it is! Seeing this picture, I can't help thanking and praising God's wisdom, because God created such a lovely animal!

[meow2u3]

10. There's even a theme song: I'm Climbing Up the Christmas Tree NEOW!

[icymist]

11. That's funny!

[IrishEyes]

13. My cat loved the Christmas tree.

He would watch intently as I put it up. As soon as it was up, he and my roommate's cat would go under it and lay there purring. They would stare up at the lights and the ornaments but they wouldn't disturb anything. They just liked being there. They would spend a lot of time under the tree. They really liked it when I would put the presents under the tree because they could hide behind them.