OMG, 4kids, she's beautiful!! Is she truly a pup? I just want to snuggle her!!

No cats in this picture. Only the displaced tree skirt with a toy. The skirt only stays in place for 10 minutes or so before one of the 4 darlings messes with it.

Simple decor, partly because we have a new puppy...

Santa collection.

Stuck the stockings here while I went to see if we had any command hooks to hang them under the mantel...couldn’t find them so ended up leaving the stockings where they are. Lazy...

I love all these photos but Sue I squealed at that first puppy photo!!

Callie doesn't need no silly "Dog coat"!! ;-)

Dressed in costume by the lady here

Last time I was the reindeer

Oh Christmas tree oh Christmas tree - I hope Santa brings treats for me!

All the furkids are so sweet. Please keep feeding my pet craving!

Faron, is Callie a samoyed? My friend had one just like yours, and her name was Callie, too. :)

Aok-

Yep! Callie is a purebred "Sammy"! That's pretty neat!! Our Callie turned 8 this past September, the day B4 MY Birthday. She's such a sweetheart!!! She plays like a Mack Truck, & can really "talk" & growl. At other times, she uses those big brown eyes to get WHATEVER SHE WANTS from her Dad!!!

We got her from a nice breeder in Houston, MN.

I'm doomed..... ;-)

Faron

This is my Emma last year. We didn't do any decorating this year as my husband is working and I am going to my sister's in Alberta. Emma is spending Christmas with Gramp & Gramma. :)

Lol SMH! I'm assuming that's the Dog's chair!!?? Very cozy looking!

Btw....my DW & DD went to Banff last summer! I had to stay home, work, & be with my Callie! Looooooonng drive from Fargo...uffda!

Faron

Faron, about any/every chair in the house is the dog's chair. :)

My sister lives closer to Jasper but we are going to do some visiting & sightseeing, and plan to spend some time in Banff and Calgary before making our way to Edmonton for NYE. My hubby will meet up with us there. This will be my first visit to the Rockies in the winter. I took this picture in Banff last summer.... I suspect it will look a bit different this time!

ETA my mantle..

Some of these photos are hilarious!!!

The late great Daisy Raye.

Cattyles, did you find a home for those adorable kittens you were fostering?

The pets are special, each and every one!

Sue I love the pic of your new puppy. Almost spit out my coffee!

So many cuties -- and lovely decorations!

Brie had just returned from the groomers, wearing a Christmas bandana.

Cattyles, did you find a home for those adorable kittens you were fostering?

Of course! And they love it here.

LOL! Good for you!

I’ll spread the love! Who needs a kitty for Christmas?

Thank you all for sharing your photos. I’m not up to doing much this year, so I’m enjoying your hard work!

Omg, this thread made my day. Love all the furbaby pics, nothing makes me smile more.

This is one of my bulldogs, Blue. He was quite the unhappy boy since I wouldn't let him too close to the tree..lol..

Ooh another bulldog mom! Do you have more than one?

My current collection.

Phoebe (below) passed away 2 years ago at age 12-1/2. Coco (above) is 12-1/2 now. She’s an old lady.

Tell Blue to come see Aunt Catty for smooches and a cookie!

ETA - sueb you were posting at the same time, omg, your babies are precious.

Bullies always look unhappy, that’s their resting facial expression!

Omg, your "collection" is adorable. I want to add a frenchie too but one of mine is not dog friendly.

This is Wellie- my 4 year old who only gets along with his brother, Blue (different litters though.)

My lazy bums together.

@cattyles - he'd move in with you for a cookie!

@Jen - yep.. it's their "resting b***h face" lol

Ellie, I love them!! The Tiffany pic is so funny.

Our Coco isn’t good with other dogs either but somehow is fine with them once they’ve moved in. She and Phoebe used to have occasional ugly fights but Coco has never fought with the frenchies so I think we know who the instigator was.

Sigh, now I want another English...

Finally got a photo of black kitty under the tree. We have a "rescue" tree this year to go with the rescue cats. My department head bought a tree for our office suite but didn't want it left there over the holidays when no one is there, so I took it home with the help of our admin and another staff member who wrapped it all in plastic for me to fit in the Outback. We put it in the kitchen this year. This will make it easy to take back outside and track less needles in the house. The trees were cut so early this year, I don't know how much more is left in it. That's why we didn't put a whole lot of ornaments on it vs. what we usually do.

Christmas morning coffee with little girl kitty on the blanket throw.

Wow gs, your little girl kitty sure does look a lot like mine. Mine has been surprisingly well behaved with the Christmas tree. I put these felt ornaments at the bottom since they aren’t breakable. My MIL made these for us and she was deathly afraid of cats. I thought that was so sweet.

Definitely unbrekables at the bottom! My Island of Misfit Toys collection is near the top. My original Hermey was knocked off and broken by black kitty when he was a kitten. He has mellowed in his old age but can still be full of mischief. DH bought me a replacement back when we were dating.

Yes, your little girl kitty and mine could be twins, and yours is also a flopper I believe. She's tiny, only 7 lbs, but she is loud and very vocal. Too stinkin' cute, though.

Yes, a flopper and mine is small and vocal too. She still sounds like a kitten but loud. Just too cute and loving for me to get very upset with her bad behavior.

Flopper? I scrolled back up to scour the pics because I thought I’d missed one with a rabbit! :)

I love your tree skirt, gsciencechick.

Thanks. I don't know where that tree skirt is from. DH has always had it, so it either came from MIL or one of her friends who gave him a bunch of Christmas items.

Jenn/Danger, she will flop at your feet when she gets excited. It's so funny because DH will be getting dressed in the morning and she'll just flop for him and you'll hear this thud on the hardwood floor. Now if you pet her, she can turn into the nipper since she can get overstimulated.

I have yet to meet a cat that doesn’t turn to teeth on flesh when overstimulated - it’s what they do! ;) for such small creatures they sure can throw their weight around noisily.

When I say “show me your boobies” my dog instantly flops onto her back - it’s the one ‘trick’ I successfully taught her to do consistently. :p

We didn't start decorating until the 23rd when we got back from our trip. For the first time ever, I did the unthinkable. I bought a reusable/faux/fake tree! It was an impulse purchase after lunch at Terrain. They have these trees heaped in snow and they looked so pretty with white lights. I really wanted their 10-footers but they would not sell them. They bring them out every year for display. I tried finding the same tree on line but is only avail in Europe. So I went back and bought the floor model, 8ft. Only problem, i could not figure out how to put our ornaments on it. So Saturday night we got a live tree, but could not find our usual 9-10' ...boo hoo.... though it was faster decorating. While we were there i got a free swag for the MBR.

Our faux tree, which I still need to figure out how to decorate.

Our live tree, which the kids complained is way too small, but we were happy to have the wonderful pine scent in the house.

I really like having the pine in the MBR too. Simple but festive.

We were so happy it snowed on Christmas! The pond is almost frozen.

Clementine, like all my teens, does not really want her photo opp.

My favorite part of "decor" is wrapping presents. Note the conspicuous absence of red (or green much for that matter). My holiday looks more like a wedding or baby shower, LOL. One exception, i tried out the pompom thing from Pinterest and had to use the ones on hand.

A busy afternoon:

Some of my faves; a lot of recycled ribbon. The olive green is from a tux I bought DH at Neiman when we were dating!

Love this wrap from Marshalls, really fun

This was Marshalls' paper too. So pretty but the glitter is everywhere, and it also made it harder for the tape to stick.

Pompom wrap; I bought some new colors and will try this again on b-day presents. DD says its looks like Damien Hirst, LOL.

Love the wrappings, Mtn! I am opposite of you in that I love red.

The kitties would LOVE that pompom wrapper. The fleece balls are some of their favorites.

I'll post the tabletop in the other thread.

Thanks, GScience

Mtn, I have a similar wrap being all black with the exact same deer head on it, but the deer is all glitter. It's stunning, but leaves glitter everywhere! My gold ribbon didn't have a deer on it. :(

I've shown this picture before, but it's the only picture I have with a pet under....I mean in the tree.

Lizzie's first Christmas, and thankfully the tree wasn't fully decorated at the time & she didn't knock any ornaments off.

I saw some beautiful flocked Christmas trees for sale yesterday at a garden center. Even with the after-Christmas discount, they were still pretty expensive, in the neighborhood of $250.

My hubs insists on cutting down a natural tree each year, so we do that. But this year I wanted a flocked tree.

So I bought "Snoflock" on Amazon here and we did it ourselves. Used the entire 5 lb bag and left it in the garage to dry for a week.

Was still messy to decorate but so worth it. Love the way it looks.

I tried flocking last year, and i liked the look but it was the strangest thing. It was activated by water, and we had to keep misting the tree to fluff out the snow!

I wish our local florists etc offered flocking.

Oakley, that is sooooo cute

yeah, they recommend doing a light mist all over the tree, before misting the flock as it comes out of the colander. It was a two person job for us. One shook the colander, the other misted the flock.

Someone sent me a pic of a place here doing flocked trees at a Christmas tree farm. But I can't imagine the mess it would create getting that thing home. Entire top of the SUV would be full of the stuff..

So, Ellie, you did not have to re-mist after a few days?

I was too crazy busy before Christmas to post any pics, but here are a few:

Our main tree in the living room on Christmas Eve:

Our small Native American tree in another corner:

And, me snuggling with Sasha last night:

No, but I think we used too much water to start with. My husband, genius that he might be, went dense when he decided that the hose would be quicker than a spray bottle. Winded up soaking the tree even with the mist attachment on.

When we went to flock, the tree was soaked but we still misted the flock to activate it.

Next day, the tree was still wet. Think it took a week to dry. But, between the ornaments and flock, it's bent out of shape.

Here's two pics I just took. It's been flocked since 12/3.