Dear Cat

[Becky]

I'm debating a box of cheap plastic ornaments or just leaving it plain and lit. Maybe I'll make paper snowflakes and do tinsel and leave it at that?

We bought cheap shatterproof ones (which actually look really nice) for the bottom third Fortunately, our cat-monsters didn't climb the tree last year (knock wood!), so the nice ornaments near the top were ok.

I wouldn't do tinsel with a cat-monster who eats everything....sounds like a recipe for an emergency trip to the vet.

[indysteel]

Thankfully, our young cat really only seems to care about the tree skirt. We don't even try to keep it around the tree at this point. She enjoys playing with it too much. Still, we don't put anything breakable on the lower branches, and we secured the tree with a rope knotted around an otherwise well secured curtain rod. A number of years ago, I had a tree that I decorated solely with little white lights and velvet bows that tied around the branches on the off chance that my then-young Sophie Kitty would destroy it. The tree was plain but pretty and there were no emergency trips to the vet.

[Becky]

Thankfully, our young cat really only seems to care about the tree skirt.

Ours too! They love to sleep on it, roll up in it, and hide under it. I can't for the life of me figure out why the tree skirt is more fun than a blanket

[indysteel]

Ours too! They love to sleep on it, roll up in it, and hide under it. I can't for the life of me figure out why the tree skirt is more fun than a blanket

At least at our house, the tree skirts moved across the hardwoods a bit better than your average blanket. She often does a flying leap onto them so that they'll skirt (pun intended) across the floor.

DH took some adorable pictures of our kitten playing with the tree skirt the other day; I'll have to post them.

[Catrin]

At least at our house, the tree skirts moved across the hardwoods a bit better than your average blanket. She often does a flying leap onto them so that they'll skirt (pun intended) across the floor.

DH took some adorable pictures of our kitten playing with the tree skirt the other day; I'll have to post them.

I just pictured this, it made me laugh out loud, thanks for the mental image. Looking forward to the pictures

[indysteel]

I'm a Luddite, so I hope I attached this image correctly. This is Izzy under the tree skirt. In my humble opinion, she is the cutest kitten ever.

[indysteel]

Help! Why is the picture so big and why is it attached as a thumbnail, too? I knew I should have waited for DH to help me!

[pll]

Indy: I love, *love* that picture. Very cute!

[feral1]

I'm a Luddite, so I hope I attached this image correctly. This is Izzy under the tree skirt. In my humble opinion, she is the cutest kitten ever.

I actually put this as the wallpaper on my computer.....it was just too cute
Hope you don't mind.......

[zoom-zoom]

We couldn't have our pre-lit artificial tree up for 2 years. Young crazy cat wouldn't leave it alone. The first Christmas we had him he was maybe 8 months old. He took one look at that tree and took a flying leap. 5 minutes after putting it up we took it down. The next year he was still insane, so we didn't put it up.

He has calmed-down considerably, especially in the past year. So now we don't worry about it. Last year we put it up and he would lay under it for hours looking up at the lights. I don't think he even batted at a single ornament.