Christmas 2020

A small decorated tree

If you read my post about Christmas last year, you may have suspected that things would be a bit different this year. Indeed they were, though it is not always possible to tell which differences were due to the pandemic and which were simply due to inter-annual variability.

For one thing, there was no tree. No, I take that back. There was no tree with needles. There were several small trees, but none of them had the usual delicious needles. So I didn't bother tasting any of them.

Gifts and lights but no needles!

There were more screens and fewer humans in the picture. This situation can be summed up with a new carol:

Silent night! Holy night!

All on Zoom, all on Skype...

As a result of the absence of young humans, we cats had some important roles to play. One was to open the first gifts on Christmas morning. We got into the spirit of the role, and tackled this while the adult humans were still in bed. Not only did we get a lovely ball with a rattle inside, but it came in a lovely bag that rustles when you paw at it. After this the humans got up promptly.

Taking it on the chin at Christmas

Other roles were less enjoyable, but we decided we could take it on the chin for the common good this year.

Meanwhile, as we approach New Year's, we are eager for any tidings of comfort and joy.

Tidings of comfort