Holiday Helpers

I’d thought I’d share a bit of the holiday with you and what it entails when you have purr-fect little helpers to pitch in. My furry babies enjoy the holiday season more than we do.


I don’t think I need to go into the fact the cats love ribbon and wrapping paper and anything else you drag out during the holidays. They are always happy to get in the middle of things and lend a helping or hindering paw.

The curling ribbon is an all time favorite. I’m afraid they will choke on it one day because they can’t leave it alone. Of course, over the years, I have had so many cats with crazy fetishes that nothing surprises me anymore. They have eaten plastic bags, elastic, and rubber bands with no ill effects. We even had one that loved to eat those sparkly silver icicles off the tree so finally I quit putting them on. They would show up in the litter box eventually, not seeming to hurt any of them in the process. I wonder why I’m fretting over a little curling ribbon. So far, I’ve just been lucky I tell myself and the day is coming when a trip to the vet is in order.

Here are a few pictures for you cat lovers out there.

Koki - Sunni's Photo's

This is what I go through when trying to put ribbons on packages, especially the curling ribbon, which is an all-time favorite.

Koki - Sunni's Photos

Sukie - Sunni's Photos

The little rascals camp out under here having great kitty dreams I’m sure. At least they are off the bed and there is room to turn over at night.

Koki - Sunni's Photos

Koki - Sunni's Photos

Of course, they love to climb the tree, which is something no cat can turn down. However, this can be disastrous for ornaments. Most of them don’t last long so I don’t put my special ones on there anymore.

I’m sure they are singing out, “O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, your ornaments are history!”

Sukie - Sunni's Photos

Koki - Sunni's Photos

My little fur balls dread the day the tree comes down and everything goes back in the box. They pout and get very disgusted with us. Feeling sorry for them one year, we decided to leave the tree up awhile, but we moved it to the bedroom where we placed a sheet under it to catch all the needles. It was in bad shape by then anyway because, as stated above, they will destroy it quickly, just all in the name of kitty fun.

Of course, this would end up being the year that we had our patio door shot out by New Years revelers. This had never happened before, and was a one-time occurrence, thank goodness. When the sheriff came out with a deputy to take a statement, he just eyed us quizzically, probably wondering what a half-dead, bedraggled tree was doing in the bedroom. I’m sure we were probably the talk around the station that night.

Happy Holidays to all of you, however you may celebrate this season.