SANTA CLAWS CAME TO MY HOUSE
The big day arrived and I did get goodies. And the goodies were all wrapped up in pretty paper that I was allowed to rip, tear and destroy. The good stuff was all inside and yet I still seem to prefer eating the paper. This is something I know I am not allowed to do and the stuff actually has no good taste. I just cannot resist the urge to eat the stuff. I did acquire a million plus points by not opening other peoples' gifts. After all the commotion of the gifts we had company and a really great meal. I do think I ate too much though. I think that's what you are supposed to do because all the humans did the same thing.

STRANGE CHANGES
Last month a few items in the living room started to disappear and my humans dragged this outside thing (I think they call it a tree) into the house. They spent an evening hanging shiny and dangling things on it which I was not allowed to touch or play with. I did sniff them out though. I have vague memories of this same thing happening about a year ago when the white stuff was on the ground. I was a lot younger then, but I think I got goodies out of the deal. Guess I will have to wait and see.

INANIMATE CREATURES
Before Christmas we went out to the tree farm to get my tree and this little fellow accompanied us home. He has eyes and he stares at me. He smells like a tree. I thought he could move, but it was only his decorative ribbon collar blowing in the wind. I confirmed he was not real when I bit off a piece of his belly bark and he gave no reaction. Oh well, I guess as long as he stays outside and doesn't eat my food he can hang around. Of course, I have learned I am not permitted to chew him up. I guess that's because he is defenseless.

TERRITORY INVASION
It was a bit much that I had to tolerate the sea gulls and watch them being fed each morning in my backyard. Also, I got used to the multiple bird feeders around the house. I even learned to ignore the birds and they ignored me. I could actually stand on the deck chair and watch them eat and they didn't become anxious. But - the other day I discovered the squirrels have decided to invade. They are always around the yard picking up left over birdseed and sea gull food. The little buggers have the nerve to come up on my deck looking for more food. One fellow sits at the glass door and stares into the house and into my face. I just don't know how much more of this I can take. I am being overrun by wildlife.