I went to my first (non-work) Christmas party of the year last night. It was out in Discovery Bay in an area that makes me feel decidedly poor. My friends and I got there kind of early and helped the host set up (he looked absolutely frazzled when he opened the door, and when he saw who it was he let out a big sigh and said, "Oh thank God." Then he put us to work. But we were happy to do it, and I prefer having a purpose at something like that where I barely know anyone.)
Today, I cleaned out the little corner where my tree always goes, and got all the Christmas boxes out of storage. The tree is up (it's fake), the lights are on, and now I'm waiting for the cat to get curious. She did reach up and bat at a low hanging ornament (mostly there aren't any - this lower one is unbreakable), but I shooed her away and she hasn't gone near it since. We'll see how long that lasts.
I'm remember past damage done to trees by the family cats...our old cat Merlyn once climbed the tree and knocked the whole thing down. We lost a lot of ornaments that year!
I wanted to post a photo of my tree this year, but don't have the photo upload option at the moment...so, maybe later.
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I do not have a tree for that very reason. I have no doubt that Teddy would destroy it pretty quickly.
Thank God, none of our pets, through the years really bothered with our trees. I remember when I was a kid, we had gone around the corner to buy a real tree, and our cat snuck out and followed us to the lot.
Pooka and Cro`i like to look at the tree each year, but I never caught them stealing ornaments or batting at them. This year however we put up a fiber optic tree, and Pooka is just google-eyed staring at it. He has taken to chewing on it a bit, but we shew him away, and he hasn't tried to taste it again.
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