Wednesday 6 January 2021

little Christmas

 


And so it's Christmas...


Well, LITTLE Christmas, to be exact.  We're celebratin' Little Christmas at my house, today.


Kinda.


Sorta.


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The thing is, when Peepers was growin' up, her Papa Peep never let the Christmas tree be taken down 'til after January 6th, otherwise known in her house as Little Christmas.  That was the rule.  That was the law.  It was enforced by Papa Peep.


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So now...


So now, now that Peepers is in charge...


Kinda.


Sorta. 


Right after ME.


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So now that Peepers is in charge, the rule stays almost the same.  Tree stays up 'til Little Christmas, and we put the lights on every night 'til, and includin', then.


But...


But Peepers does it a little differently than Papa Peep.  Papa Peep always said the tree had to stay up 'til Little Christmas, and then should come down right afterwards.  Peepers, on the other paw, just says it has to stay up 'til Little Christmas, without ever givin' a date for takin' it down, so...


So...


So come February, if our Christmas tree is still up, Peepers will explain, "Well it HAD to stay up until Little Christmas, you see."


Apparently, that reason can be given at ANY time of year, includin' right up to the spring.


LITERALLY.


I've seen it happen.


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But even Peepers hesitates to light the lights up once we pass, say...


Middle of February or Valentine's Day.


APPARENTLY, Peepers does not have the conviction of her character, so to speak, so even if the tree is still up a whole month or more after Christmas, she's a tad embarrassed of the fact if the neighbours see the lights through the window, but...


But...


But if questioned 'bout the tree still bein' up on Valentine's Day, I can absolutely guarantee what Peepers will say: Well it HAD to stay up until Little Christmas, you see.


Yup, I've heard her say exactly that as late as February 21st.


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I'm just hopin' Little Christmas means an extra biff bag or nip mouse or bag of treats might come my way.


'Cause you know, I'm a cat, and we cats think with our tummies and nip-sniffin' noses.


And spendin' one more night safely indoors and away from the crowds, gazin' up at the tree while high on the nip and stuffed full of treats, is A-Okay ALRIGHTY by me.


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And remember:

IF IN DOUBT,

DON'T. GO. OUT.

Continue to practice SOCIAL DISTANCIN' measures

AND KEEP WASHIN' YOUR PAWS.

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Remember to mask up, too.


11 comments:

  1. Hi, I a wholehearted behind keeping the tree up. We have a special reason, besides Ukrainian Christmas being either today or tomorrow, But we are getting married next Thursday so we are using it for a backdrop. Our Stella doesn’t do anything with the tree and it is beautiful so who is to say otherwise . Seville you should sprawl your floof
    under the tree and demand photos.
    I am actually thinking of making it into a Valentines tree. Where there is a will there is a way!!!

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  2. We wish you a great big Little Christmas Seville!

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  3. Same here- always up until today and usually for several weeks after that.

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  4. Valentine's Day is the code word for Little Christmas! Who knew???

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  5. The rule here is my human only takes the tree down once she has a photo of me with it she is happy about. So it will probably be up for a couple more days.

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  6. Hmmm, maybe you just need to redesignate the tree to being a multi-celebratory base unit: IE, just use it to be home for all and any festive things. Love hearts and nip hearts on Valentines day, Baby rabbits and nip bunnies at easter etc etc etc....
    Purrs
    ERin

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  7. Last year our Mom left our tree up until close to first day of Spring. It's a skinny tree with lights. She said it made her happy, and she didn't care if anyone thought it was strange. She's used to being thought strange having so many of us kitties. So, leave the tree up all year. Life is all about celebrating what makes us happy. So, Happy Mew Year!

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  8. Isn't that day the Feast of the Epiphany (or of the Three Kings) in the Roman CATholic Church? And Chrissymouse Day according to Orthodox Church?
    Whatever - it certainly should be worth extra treats!

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  9. dood....we noez peepulz who leeve de tree up all yeer, they just takez de litez N stuff off......& hay, happee 2021 two ewe ☺☺♥♥

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  10. Lets see Dad got our tree down, um, who knows we were napping. Now this little Christmas stuff is interesting and I think that is why Dad is holding back some of our goodies

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  11. We are celebrating Ukrainian Christmas today! We always do, it was a big thing for our Dad. We are quite looking forward to celebrating with HAM! Mom took the tree down early this year and Marv was really upset! He LOVES having a tree in the house!

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