There’s nothing like Christmas for kittens.
First come out all the new decorations and toys around the house. Stockings hang from the fireplace, with bells! Teddy bears lounge on the couches, lights surround the windows, and candles flicker on the mantel. Even the dog has a new, red scarf and a jingle bell. It all requires inspection and paw-batting and delicate sniffing.
Next comes the tree: a giant evergreen in the living room? How fun, how unusual, how fragrant! They circle and sniff and lie down beneath it; they are confused, yet content.
Finally, the tree is dressed up with more toys that twinkle and sway, hanging just out of reach. The kittens jump and paw and pull the toys off, again and again.
They are exhausted from their efforts. Better sleep now, who knows what may happen tomorrow!
(Steve has secured the tree to the curtain rods with fishing line, just in case.)
Glad your tree was safe and secure. I remember one year growing up our cats knocked our tree down four times! We all got so sick of redecorating the tree and gave up, except for my mom.
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