It’s MONSTER DAY of course since it’s Friday but I was watching Mom today and I realize that at Christmas, there’s a whole different way the house gets monsterized! Why? Well, there are decorations all over the place and wrapped presents under the tree so the MONSTER has to be careful where it goes or ELSE. Disaster. Mom is very careful now that there’s a train and presents under our tree – she gets CLOSE but not TOO CLOSE. At least our tree is artificial and she doesn’t have to try and vacuum up all the pine needles from a tree that’s drying out in the house. Whew!
No dry needles with THIS tree!
Then of course we have the other parts of the house that get monsterized but they aren’t as DANGEROUS as right around the tree. Mom just has one other spot to watch out for and that’s where she keeps her Santa collection which is ON THE FLOOR in the living room.
It was safely UP last year on a little shelf in the powder room but this year it’s on the floor in front of the TV!
She’s added to the collection since this shot too – like with about four more snowguys – EXTRA DANGER.
I tried to convince her to just skip monsterizing until after the holiday……………but would she listen? Heck no. She will listen to be sometimes though – like when I tell her I’ve used my litterbox and I need her assistance, or when I need some treats and I’m screaming at the top of my lungs to get them………..THEN she listens. She can’t HELP but listen. I may be little but I’ve got a pair of lungs on me!
Not me but it COULD be!
Speaking of Christmas, we did a whole lot of “email” holiday cards this year because – well – we’re CHEAP! HAHAHA Just kidding. This is our Christmas card for this year though – if you’d like to have a copy of it – please feel free to copy it. We love all of you to bits – you’re our friends – and we are hoping you have a really wonderful holiday……………..just do me a favor – KEEP AN EYE ON THE VACUUM CLEANER!
LOVE YOU ALL!
Sammy, Santa’s Elf
TWO Spoiled Cats 
Oh please let that train run around for me too …. mine has a rail-problem and can’t start this year…. :o)
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Easy I promise to let that train go around JUST FOR YOU!!! I just love this train we have – it makes all kinds of cool train noises – “woo woo” and “chug chug” and a bell clangs too!
Hugs, Sammy
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I bet those little snow guys get worried when they see the monster approaching. My mum has sent out loads of email cards as well and still has a few more to send. She has sent out lots of snail mail cards too.
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Hi Flynn! Mom is careful with the snowmen for sure………they have carrot noses which are tempting for the monster to suck right up! I’m keeping an eye out! We are doing mostly ecards this year – postage is just so darned expensive any more!!!
Love and Hugs, Sammy
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Oh indeed Sammy there is a change in monster day with Xmas fru fru everwhere..i love your cardie and will print it out to hang by our non lit due to heat chimney..with care 🙂 i still have lots of email cardies to do as well..i think we all need secretaries 🙂 nighty nite sweet Sammy 🙂 Loves Fozziemum xxxx
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There’s a “real” card on its’ way to you too!!!! We LOVED the photo print you sent to Easy – is it a sunset or a sunrise? It’s beautiful but then ALL your work is!!!!! Nite Nite!
Love, Sammy
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Sammy thankyou..you didn;t have to send a ‘real’ card hahaah..:) the image i sent to Easy was a sunrise..we left before sunrise to hit the skies in the hot air balloons..so the colors were amazing as the sun rose above the mountains..and thankyou for the lovely compliment..i winder who got to choose the spot for your print hahahha 🙂 loves Fozziemum xxx
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All the photos you do are wonderful – each one is special in its’ own way………….that’s what GREAT photographers do!!
Hugs, Sammy
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Oh Sammy i will get a head like a pumpkin soon 🙂 🙂 thankyou my sweet friend xxxx
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You shouldn’t worry about that – just make sure someone takes a photo of it OK? HAHAHAHAHA
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Hahaah oh i will..even when i fall and try and break my back i make sure Fozziedad is at the ready to capture the moment (while i direct of course 🙂 )
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Those snow people are so cute…we hope they stay safe! We’re sending email and snail mail cards.
The Florida Furkids
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We did send some snail but mostly email this year……….Mom bought 60 stamps and they’re all gone between MY stuff and HER stuff!
Hugs, Sam
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I think your Mom should listen to you and skip the vacuuming, it would be awful to suck up a snowman or a present. I love the collection of Santa snowmen. I have the same kitty that is on the left 🙂 XO
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Mom vacuumed today in spite of my objections. She really INSISTED……she had cleaned out my toy box/wagon AGAIN and discovered that most of the stuff with feathers had “feather stuff” flying around loose. I guess after time those feathers kind of disintegrate – made quite a mess but NOW my toy wagon is CLEAN and nice! All my crocheted toys are RIGHT ON TOP TOO! 😉
Hugs, Sam
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Sammy I’m feeling your pain today. There are painters all over inside my house painting our new windows. Mom and I are sequestered in my blog office for the duration. You’d be proud of me I’m being good…every so often I break into a chorus of Don’t fence me in.
Sincerely Madi your bfff
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Wish I could hear you singing that song Madi but I’d be singing the same thing I think…..besides paint is stinky. Hope you have those guys OUT of there ASAP!
Love, Sammy
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You should hear the noises we make! Light a screaming baby
Lily & Edward
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HAHAHAHA……I’ve been known to try that on my Mom when I need her to come to me RIGHT NOW too! She says I’m a good “screamer” !
Hugs, Sam
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Pretty tree! I just love Christmas lights… 🙂
Good Morning!
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GOOD MORNING!!!!!! We love lights too – Mom needs to get her buns outside at night and take shots of the OUTSIDE lights. MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!
Love, Sammy
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Gorgeous tree. I could be VERY naughty with that!
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My Mom used to have to worry but now that I’m 16 (almost) I just look at it and enjoy it from afar!!
Hugs, Sam
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It’s a good thing that our monster makes a lot of noise. We can’t hear the cursing about the amount of dog fur and bird feathers on the floor.
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That DOES come in handy – I hadn’t thought of it that way…..Mom says I shouldn’t learn any of “THOSE WORDS” she tends to say while monsterizing so it’s good it doesn’t have a muffler on it!
Hugs, sam
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I was hoping our Monster would take a vacation for the holidays, but that isn’t likely Sammy.
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Monsters have no respect for QUIET holidays do they Brian?!
Hugs, Sam
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Aw I love your holiday card!
ღ husky hugz ღ frum our pack at Love is being owned by a husky!
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MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
Love, Sammy
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Our trees are fake too. Our house gets cleaned on Tuesdays but a person called Alex. That is how super lazy our peeps are.
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Fake trees at least aren’t dropping needles everywhere – – – that’s a big help when it’s tough to MONSTERIZE around them!!!!!!
Love, Sammy
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LadyMum vacuumed yesterday again…because Unccle Jon was vizitin today. Like hee caress about a bit of fluff n stuff, mew mew mw…..
But itiss cleen so me not complain! An mee asked LadyMum to look out fur a toy train fur mee…..
Wee LUV yur Katmass eCard an have saved it to Pee Cee. Once Chanukkah iss dun LadyMum iss goin to PiZAp an Katmass card frum us. Wee had to cut down on sendin papurr cards; thee postage iss reediculuss! An LadyMum has been so busy doin seppyrate eCardss did not happen 😉
Yur card iss SO-O you with thee train inn it!!!
***nose bumpsss*** neffkitty Siddhartha Henry xxxxx
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We don’t do paper cards either – JUST TOO EXPENSIVE!!!!! Ecards are so easy and fun (thank you Mr. Pizap!). Glad your house is clean – ours is too – isn’t that great? No dusty bunnies!
Hugs, Uncle Sammy
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😉 Trust mee Unccle Sammy there ARE still dusty bunnies here, mew mew mew……at leest mee space iss cleen tho’……
An wee still have to do our Katmass card to post on bloggie fur efurryone! Wee did send out sum cardss>>>LadyMum sayss 30… which iss a lot an then shee told mee how shee used to send out 75-100 cardss befur mee came to live with her!!! PICKERELL that busted have busted her bank 😉
**nose bumpsss** neffkitty Siddhartha Henry xxxx
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We all follow more and more blogs every year and make more and more friends – before you know it, it costs a fortune to do snail mail cards!!!! Anyway, it’s fun to hear from friends even if it’s once a year at holiday time isn’t it.
Love, Uncle Sammy
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Iss luvley to reeceeve cards fur sure Unccle…..butt wee not want people spendin a fortune on postage!!!!
Wee wood rather they made a doe-nayshun to a Kat charity or Shelter 😉
**nose bumpsss** neffkitty Siddhartha Henry xxx
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We feel that way too Siddhartha……….we did a lot of ecards this year…………
Love, Uncle Sammy
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dood…yur tree iz awesum…N de best part…..ya can hang bacon stripz frum it … AND itz burd free 🙂 heerz two a wolf herring kinda week oh end ! ♥♥♥
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Oh wolf herring sounds like a most interesting fish! I’ll have to google that one!!!!! Bacon strips from the tree sounds interesting but I think I’d rather smell balsam than bacon if you know what I mean!
Hugs, Sammy
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I’m happy to see you don’t bother any of the decorations, S. Apparently that is naughty behavior. I have learned that the hard way in time out.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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YES my Mom said “NO” to me once and that was enough when I was a kitten. I just love lying UNDER the tree now but there’s no room since Dad sets the choo choo under there now!
Stay OUT of time out Cupcake!
Love, Sammy
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Your house is so tidy. We have 87 boxes of stuff in here. No tree just Christmas stuff. Mom has to get busy and put everything where it belongs.
Shoko
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I saw all those boxes on your blog! Looks like you’d better lend the Mom a hand girls – she’s up to her eyebrows in Christmas stuff!
Hugs, Sammy
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Mom has the same problem here with the vacuum monster, but it’s all good as long as she doesn’t get our tails.
We would love to send you one of our cards too, but we need your email address. Can you send it to us at theoppackATgmailDOTcom?
Woos – Ciara and Lightning
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YES I can send you our snail address……Keep an eye out for the sucky monster – tails and Christmas presents are FAVORITE SNACKS!!!!
Love, Sammy
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Aaaaaw Sammy you know weez always dun da ecards. Weez been blest this year and are makin’ an exception and sendin’ real to da scouts, but dat’s all we can do. Luv yous twee, it’s so bootyful. glad da carpet monster didn’t suck it up along wiff da furbunnies. MOL
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
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Hi Girls………I’m glad you are able to do “real” cards this year – we did a few but mostly ecards. Yes I’m keeping a VERY CLOSE eye on our tree and everything else……..the sucky monster is a very HUNGRY monster and I don’t want any of my Christmas stuff to be lost!
Love, Sammy
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Us too Sammy. Only to da Cat Scouts, but hey, dat’s way more than we usually do. Those carpet monsters can swallow everyfin’ can’t they?. Weez sure you will purrtect your fings tho’. Have a blest day.
Luv ya;
Dezi and Lexi
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Everything is looking very Christmassy! ❤
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YES…….Mom did a nice job this year! I give her a high mark!
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I hear ya, Sammy. The peeps put the tree in the middle of the room and there’s no way TW can get the sucky thing behind it.
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I have to guard our tree very carefully and closely – it’s up against a wall so no sucky thing can get behind it either BUT it’s the stuff in FRONT and UNDER that I’m worried about! Keep watch over things CK!
Hugs, Sammy
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All my human did was sleep this week! She wasn’t feeling well and just let her body do its healing thing. So no tree, at least not yet.
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Oh Summer I hope your human feels better by now…..resting is important of course so once she’s up and at ’em I bet the tree goes up!!
Love, Sam
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Sammy, your card this year is super adorable, just like you. Did you ever climb the Christmas tree in your youth? Inquiring minds want to know! XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo
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Mom says she thinks it’s some kind of minor miracle because as a kitten I was all over the place but I NEVER climbed the Christmas tree! Never – didn’t even whack an ornament off of the tree! I was happy to lie UNDER the tree and snooze………Amazing isn’t it?
Love, Sammy
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