Cats & Christmas Tree's... How does THAT work???

[Fields Mountain Farm]

Also beware of bags with tissue paper in them. . those are great fun for them to knock over and pull all the paper out!

..and then hide in..

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

My daughters cat swallowed a cheese wrapper one time and almost died.

Im glad he didn't ..

 

[rosemarythyme]

I'd love to see what vintage ornaments look like!

Hard to see details in this photo, but the larger tree in the middle is all vintage except the topper (still haven't found a vintage topper I like), mostly 1950s to 1980s. My mother in law recently cleared out her ornament collection so I'll have new things to add this year, like some glitter glass pinecones and Hungarian embroidered matyo ornaments her mother made.

 

[perchie.girl]

Those are both beautiful tress Shaw!

Can you guys imagine the elaborate ornaments Perchie could make?

you mean like these?:

there is a tutorial coming up for making these though I pretty much can figure out how they are made...

deb

 

[LittleMissCountry]

We have had cats that didn't even care about the tree, other than to sleep under it.

Our newest cat likes to take all the ornaments off that she can reach. She doesn't try to climb the tree, but there are no ornaments below 2 feet.

 

[BYC910]

 

[room onthebroom]

This reminds me of all the antics with cats and Christmas trees I’ve seen over the years. For most of my life we had real trees, floor to ceiling. Learned not to hang anything fragile on the lower third, nothing edible either. No tinsel. Even a big sturdy tree is no match for a 12 lb cat..... they can wrestle that tree down and enjoy doing it!! Younger cats usually climbed up, sometimes pounced on someone walking past.... I can still hear the screams
If you enjoy decorating the tree - get a cat or 3..... every morning ornaments had to be gathered and hung, again. And again. And one of any cats favorite things is to lay under the tree.... mom was kind enoufh to fashion a big bed with a tree skirt and wrapped boxes! And yes, the boxes and wrapping and bows make great toys too!.
Using fake trees did not change much . Small tree on a raised platform .... not good either. Learned to live with it, the cats appreciate the annual decorated jungle gym

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Not mine.... but funny!

I LOVE these!!!

My daughters cat swallowed a cheese wrapper one time and almost died.

Yikes!

you mean like these?:
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there is a tutorial coming up for making these though I pretty much can figure out how they are made...

deb

Those would be so awesome!!!

 

[fldiver97]

Sorry.... couldn’t help myself.....

 

[Aunt Angus]

These stories are HILARIOUS!

I have always had cats. I have always gotten Christmas trees at Christmastime. To the cats, hanging ornaments = cat toys. The ornaments that weren't shattered were often lost under the sofa, the chair, the media center... And don't even get me started on the bows on the presents... And they drink the water from the tree stand... You get the idea.

To cats, everything is a toy. Everything, that is, except the vacuum cleaner. It turns out that if you put the vacuum cleaner next to the Christmas tree, the cats don't go anywhere near the tree, the presents, or those ornaments. Problem solved! We even took to decorating the vacuum cleaner with garlands and ornaments! LOL!

Our kitties are very old now (probably their last Christmas). We haven't needed the festive Dirt Devil for a while now. Maybe we will bring it out and give it the ol' holiday once-over one last time in their honor...

 

[room onthebroom]

These stories are HILARIOUS!

I have always had cats. I have always gotten Christmas trees at Christmastime. To the cats, hanging ornaments = cat toys. The ornaments that weren't shattered were often lost under the sofa, the chair, the media center... And don't even get me started on the bows on the presents... And they drink the water from the tree stand... You get the idea.

To cats, everything is a toy. Everything, that is, except the vacuum cleaner. It turns out that if you put the vacuum cleaner next to the Christmas tree, the cats don't go anywhere near the tree, the presents, or those ornaments. Problem solved! We even took to decorating the vacuum cleaner with garlands and ornaments! LOL!

Our kitties are very old now (probably their last Christmas). We haven't needed the festive Dirt Devil for a while now. Maybe we will bring it out and give it the ol' holiday once-over one last time in their honor...

So bittersweet, yet still so funny! I think I'll keep the vacuum in the livingroom, just in case.