Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for December 22, 2024

The purrfect Christmas wish. And I second the thought. For the Orb, and the rest of the world.

Well, there’s certainly nothing to Grumble about today, but since the fresh snacks have arrived, I suppose we should open the Grumbling Room anyway. You know, just to get ready for tomorrow.

Nadolig llawen. (‘borrows’ some Lebkuchen from the grumbling room.)

Classic and beautiful! A wonderful choice for this Sunday.

Merry, Merry! Best wishes to all!

Wow, Georgia! You’ve outdone yourself with this one. All the talk of needing T-shirts and mugs and such for this drawing or that drawing (which has always been true) is definitely true here.

Sunday Funday

Tommy and the tommybaum or Beatrix asleep against Trevor? It’s hard to pick my favorite image.

Anyone want some fresh-from-the oven chocolate chip and/or oatmeal cookies? Fresh-brewed coffee, hot chocolate, milk, tea ? … or a bit of eggnog?

So incredible! Just gorgeous. Thank you, Georgia.

But are Iggy and Ora Zella tucked away in bed dreaming of Santa and presents?

Always good to see Baba Mouse.

And the same to you Georgia. Thanks for the awesome gift today!

Talk about warm fuzzies! Merry Christmas!

A nice set of adjectives and nouns.

I thought there are some missing kittens until I realized this is a rerun from 2020.

Peace, health, friendship. Amen!

Love and light to you all, with warm holiday wishes to those who celebrate the season.

Thank you Georgea for your Talent, and for making this space for us.

Christmas is my favorite holiday, Merry Christmas.

Yes… what everyone said… beautiful, gorgeous, such lovely Christmas sentiments… but my favorite part is the robber mice singing Christmas carols with a heart above them. Sooo sweet !

Oh! I ❤️ the cat’s pajamas! This is so beautiful! I’m going to print it out and put it on my fridge/wall! ☺️

I love seeing everyone in their jammies! Especially Tommy!

Congrats on ID’ing the Robber Mice! The two in the lower left are Tabitha and Sir Figaro Newton; in the middle, Tommy with the Tommybaum and Sophie; upper right are Burt and Baba Mouse; and right are kitten Beatrix and dog Trevor.

Lupin still keeps as far away from Goldie as possible.

We wish you a meowy catmas and a happy mew year.

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

At the oPyramid Library

Beatrixia: Elvis, we have a whole set of scrolls for transcribing. And maybe set up for the moveable press.

Elvis-Anum: It’s a good thing I have my apprentices (Introduced March 22nd). It’s always good to have recipes by Better Pyramids and Oases or the humor of Erma Bombosis. Tira and Ebonee, you can make copies of the originals while Akil and Hapi set up the press. And who is this damp cat?

Snowfall Braggart: It is I, Snowfall Braggart, actor extraordinaire. I have been unjustly accused of taking more than my fair share. Not to mention my beautiful fur is now in this sadly disheveled state.

Puckmosis: I have a feeling there’s a lot you’re not saying, Mr. Braggart. But I’m sure Barbara’s shop can set your hair to rights.

Bea: And we’ll be sure to keep a close eye on you. Just to make sure there are no further mishaps.

I wonder if Georgia also used this strip as a holiday card.

Have a marvelous holidays!

Say why is Lupin and Puck shorter than others? And waitsamminute what be that in bottom center? Egads. Them pesky pestiferous pestilential pestering pests is back and thems is contaminateeng the festival venue! Times to calls the pests controls. Begone ye vile vermins! Begone ye pesky harbeengers of the plague! Keeps away from them cakes and goodies!!

And where be Iggy and Orazoozoo? Why thems is ain’t in the peecture at all but even all them steenky mice is there.

Lupin Toe Beans!

::raises a mug of coffee to BCN, Georgia, and the Orb::

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♪"Have yourself a merry little Christmas

Let your heart be light

From now on, our troubles will be out of sight

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Have yourself a merry little Christmas

Make the Yuletide gay

From now on, our troubles will be miles away

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Here we are as in olden days

Happy golden days of yore

Faithful friends who are dear to us

Gather near to us once more

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Through the years we all will be together

If the fates allow

So hang a shining star upon the highest bough

And have yourself a merry little Christmas now"♫

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(Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Written by: Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Tratore)

Thank you for sharing this beautiful holiday art, Georgia! I know the Orb encompasses many beliefs so I will wish a Seasons Greetings to all!

My little black cat Lucky (a total Puck doppelganger with 4 legs) passed his one month checkup after the radiated iodine treatment with flying colors. We just finished an hour of lap time together reading Breaking Cat News and our Sunday comics, and just enjoying pets and purrs. With Lucky home and happy with Terri and me and his sister Missy, I don’t need anything else to know that these will be the best holidays ever!

The artwork on this one is outstanding. The layout is so perfectly balanced. Each individual tableau contains so many tiny details, like the song books the mice are holding and the book Trevor is reading to Beatrix. And there are so many different patterns in the jammies, the wrapping paper on the packages Tabitha and Sir Fig are carrying, Trevor’s doggie mat, the snowflakes, the hearts, the stars…it must have taken hours to sketch and paint.

Such a beautiful picture!

Must be a few years old? I don’t see Ziggy and OZ…

Thank you Georgia, and the very same to you and your family.

Indeed, A merry, happy and healthy to all! And a dignified and solemn “Meow” to all our furred friends. May your new year be Brrrrrrrrrt! and Mrrrrrrt as well!

Joyous Holidays whichever one you celebrate. Or Happy Winter/Summer if you don’t celebrate anything.

Feliz Navidad El Gato News! Such a big cast now, love them all

Merry Christmas Georgia Dunn!

Happy Whatever Turns You On.

Love it! Because of schedules my family is celebrating Christmas today, so it gave me joy to see this. Love, peace, good health, and friendship to all!

Merry Christmas everyone!

So much to love today! Just a few highlights: Beatrix resting peacefully, Burt and Baba Mouse have matching sleepwear, Tabitha’s sleep mask! Oh, my heart…every character is so precious.

A very Merry Christmas, Chanukah, and Kwaanza to Georgia and her family, and every single member of the Orb ande their furbabies!

Definitely a Hallmark/Lifetime story line, interrupting the story for a commercial break. They never do that at TCM, their “commercials” are always before and after the movies.

OT.

Hamilton A. Cat’s Christmas Dinner Recipes

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all my dear friends here on Breaking Cat News. Reading you each day is a gift.

Thank you, Georgia for a wonderful, heartwarming portrait of the kitties we love so much. Loving, Happy Holiday!

OT-Ricky Bennett

OT-Red One

I saved this comic the first time it came out because it had all the characters (at the time). I think it would be pretty difficult to duplicate now with so many characters having been added to the lineup.

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanza, or whatever holiday you celebrate at this time of year! I’ve never understood the “Happy Holidays” thing—I celebrate Christmas, but if someone wished me Happy Hanukkah or Kwanza, I would be honored and accept it in the spirit intended.

Merry Christmas BCN family!

Wishing Christmas Blessings to Georgia, and to you, Orb.

Holding up a lit candle for all the Orbsters we’re waiting to hear from.

Wishing you beautiful joy in your life for all the joy that your wonderful family of cats and people bring to me!

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inspired by cat19632001 posting the original lyrics above:

Have yourself a meowy little Christmas,

Kitties’ hearts are light

From now on their troubles will be out of sight

Have yourself a meowy little Christmas

Run and climb and play

From now on their troubles will be far away,

Lovely rerun from olden days

Special golden days of yore

Faithful friends Georgia draws for us

raise their paws for us once more

Through the years we all will be together

If the Orb allows

Hang a shining star upon the Tommybaum

And have yourself a Meowy little Christmas now!

OT – another new addition, thanks to the “carport kids” colony

Happy CrisFestiHanuKwanYulimas! to all the wonderful folks and cats of the Orb, and especially to Georgia and her family.

Friendship is a beautiful thing to share with others during the holidays.

Beautifully drawn and painted. I love the colors.

This applies to dogs but in some cases it might apply to cats too.

Creators /read/dear-annie/12/24/before-you-bring-home-a-holiday-pet

Merry Christmas to all!

Nice to see that Beatrix is doing well. I miss her.

To all the Orb,

May you holidays be blessed and filled with light, and may the New Year bring joy to you and yours.

Thank you for your friendship.

To all of you, should I not find the time before the holidays;

May the songs of the season rise to greet you. May the winter wind be always at your back. May the frost shimmer soft upon your fields. And, until we meet again, May the love of God shine warm upon your home.

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa and any celebrations you may have, be they merry. And may the New Year bring us still more to celebrate.

Peace on earth and love for all creatures! Merry Christmas friends!

And all God’s kitties a warm safe place to sleep with a full tummy.

OT: My feelings for Mrs X.

Someone on Doonesbury referred to this Christmas/Hanukkah song, with Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart. It has a soap opera vibe. This duet from 2008 is supposed to be on YouTube, but I can’t get past the ad blocker. Please excuse the poor video quality.

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Nice.

Happy ChristmaHanaValoween!

Sean Bell, Foxy and I are listening to the Solstice celebration “Starlight North 2” (and trying to send it to Steve G in heaven) on Music from the Hearts of Space on WFIU, and I’m about to make coffee with fair trade beans I bought and ground at Bloomingfoods Near West. This year I have the gift I have wanted for years. Foxy and I are home. Thank you to all the Mega-Orb. May you and families all be blessed. Thank you.

Aww! I love it ❤️

I’m a teensy bit stubborn. (and I don’t know the right words anyway)

Joyeux Noel to all Orbsters, whether missing or not. If you celebrate a different winter/solstice holiday, may it be joyful!

I’ll be listening to Dar Williams’ The Christians and the Pagans as well as Stan Freberg’s Green Chri$tma$. Maybe even Stop the Cavalry. And what is this time of year without A-Soalin’?

Ay-oh, nobody home

Meat nor drink nor money have I none

Yet, shall we be merry

Ay-oh, nobody home

Meat nor drink nor money have I none (ay-oh, nobody home)

Yet, shall we be merry (ay-oh, nobody home)

Ay-oh, nobody home (ay-oh, nobody home)

Soal, a soal, a soal cake, please, good missus, a soul cake

An apple, a pear, a plum, a cherry, any good thing to make us all merry

One for Peter, two for Paul, three for Him who made us all

God bless the master of this house, and the mistress also

And all the little children that round your table grow

The cattle in your stable, the dog by your front door

And all that dwell within your gates, we wish you ten times more

Wishing you and yours the best of the holiday season.