Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for December 21, 2023

Lupin and Goldie, frenemies forever. Adorable.

Just close your eyes . . . just for a second or two . . . and I’m sure you’ll find he was there while you “not quite” dozed off.

I’m loving Oea Zella’s left foot. I remember Georgia describing that little paw as being “dipped in peanut butter”, and that just make it that much cuter. Plus, toe beans!

Hard to sleep when you’re a cat with the night zoomies, running four-claw-drive over you’re owners faces…

Broken cookies, spilt milk, an empty Santa Collection Jar, and a tiny, little heart stuffed full of hope. Come on Santa….. Show yourself to this tiny little ball of chaos. What could possibly go wrong?

A drone shot or Santa looking down at her?

Hope? Or mischief?

I can sing the words in this strip to “Have yourself a little merry Christmas, and if the”….and so on…try it!

A heart full of hope . . . and more than a smidge of dread.

It’s also hard to sleep with what resembles a big open mouth behind you.

(Yes, i know what it really is :-)

Elvis and Puck, you’re needed by the fireplace.!

Aww! I’m melting! What a sweet tortie.

Poor lil murderbaby

TORTIE KITTEN TOE BEANS!

Not easy to catch shapeshifting alien cat, kitty.

Frenemies, by the firrrrre. A kitten, full of hope. Broken cookies, on the flooooor. Yule time songs, being sung by a cat choir! While birds are dressed up, like eskimooooos!

Ora Zella has enough Christmas spirit for ALL of us!

:-D

Tiny little sigh got me right in the heart…

I’m thinking Santa HAS to show up in some form or other for such a heart of hope. I’ll be be so disappointed if he doesn’t.

I just love her nightgown!

OT:

Happy winter solstice everyone!

In my heart, I’m not worried. Georgia is the master of the happy ending. Little Ora will have a Merry Christmas.

Wouldn’t Tommy make an amazing Santa Claws, with his “…little round belly that shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly”?

Absolutely sweet! What can beat the innocence of a child waiting for Santa?

Close your eyes for a few minutes, Ora Zella. Santa will come, I promise.

Where is Santa Claus, where is Santa Claus?

Waiting’s such a pain!

Ora’s blitz on Santa Claus caused broken cookie shame

She still sighs with heart-filled hope dramatic just the same

And Goldie and Lupin’s cute sleep-shoving is still their game

Iggy’s waiting, anticipating a day filled with delight

Ora, ditch your jar if you care in case Santa Claus comes tonight

Time for miracles to come to all if we believe with all our might

So let’s give thanks to the Cat above, when Santa Claus comes tonight

And let’s please ask the Cat above to make little Trouble all right ❤️

- Oakley Haldeman / Gene Autry – Here Comes Santa Claus

Ah, man, a tear-jerker moment!

“Tiniest li’l sigh” gave me all the feels.

Oh, that little tortoiseshell bundle of hope , waiting for Santa!

Semi-OT – Timeline of chimneys and Santa:

https://newengland.Com/travel/new-england/hearth-of-the-matter-a-timeline-of-santas-fireplace-challenges

Georgia sure knows how to be adorable and funny all at the same time. I love this comic.

How can anyone resist that darling face?

And here comes the awful truth, finally coming to light, there will be no Santa to see tonight.

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It was Christmas time at the North Pole

and the hustle and bustle of preparations had taken its toll.

Santa was getting older as all people do,

and a few days before Christmas he began to “Achoo”!

“Sick,” he thought, “this cannot be.

What will happen to Christmas if not for me?”

He summoned the elves to an important meeting,

and said that this Christmas could be fleeting.

One little elf stood up and said,

“I have an idea that just popped in my head!

“We’ll ask the elders to help you tonight;

I know that they can do it just right!

“We’ll send them a message, and send the gift lists,

this way Christmas won’t be missed!”

“What a great idea,” Santa said.

“I think the elders will do great instead!”

Elders all over the world got the message that Santa was ill,

and the stockings this year would be their job to fill.

That Christmas morning, even though Santa was sick,

was a happy Christmas when elders played the role of St. Nick.

When Santa saw all the good that was done,

he thought, “I think I’ll always let parents in on the fun!

“Although the spirit of Christmas will remain in my heart,

the delivery of gifts will now be their part.”

Since that Christmas, it’s the elders each year

that do Santa’s work and spread all the cheer.

Santa reminded the children with a shout,

“Even though your elders help me out,

please don’t ever forget what Christmas is really about!”

ᵀᶦⁿᶦᵉˢᵗ ˡᶦ’ˡ ˢᶦᵍʰ

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Iggy: I’ve finished my banjo practice, now to head out to go fishing with Fresh and Salt Water Cats.

Puckmosis: Yes. You have to carpe the diem carp when the opportunity arises.

Iggy: I hope we find tons of tilapia. I love how Thomios prepares it, especially with the sp…, er herbs the Procurers just procured.

On the Water Cat’s Boat

Fresh Water Cat: I think you’re spot on with the tilapia, Iggy. There’s a whole school of them straight ahead!

Salt Water Cat: And I think I see there in the distance a sail.

Iggy: That must be the Red Planet Spider! I can’t wait to see Cousin Ziggy.

Fresh: That’s right. You invented a guitar just for him.

Iggy: With a whole lot of help. Iron Glove, Wally, and Mandy and Lynn all did their part.

Salty: I can’t wait to put on my red sandals and dance the blues away!

Sweet tiny kitten!

Ora Zella isn’t the only cat waiting by the fireplace for Santa:

https://www.gocomics.Com/offthemark/2023/12/21

Love Ora Zella’s little flannel nightie with the white bib.

Don’t lose hope, Ora. Santa Claus will arrive before you know it.

That jar is almost as big as Ora Zella!

I thought it said a heart full of nope! XD

I love seeing Ora Zella persevere… sigh now I gotta figure out how to stay up late for New Years…

Ora Zella persevering! Now I just gotta find a way how to stay up all the way till 12:00 at New Year’s…

I swear, every time I see her nose, it reminds me of W.C. Fields! LOL

Awwww!

Better than a heart full of Nope.

Merry Christmas

Just wondering: does anyone know how old each cat is approximately? I know this is completely out of the blue, but I can’t do the math (hehe)

“tiniest li’l sigh”, just too CUTE!!!!!!! Along with the broken cookies.

OT: Update on Trouble (๑′ᴗ‵๑)

I love that she has two different colored feet. My tortie has different colored legs but white toes. She also has a black mask over her eyes and half her face. The other part is golden. Also her nose is black except for one little part that moved over to the other side.

I love that Goldie and Lupin fell asleep swatting at each other.

Oh, Ora Zella, sweet baby . . . <3