Thanks to my daughter's doe eyes sucking us in, we just got this damn kitten (cat now I suppose) back in the summer, and now I have a shit show on the floor in front of me. It didn't even occur to me that a cat's favorite pastime would become jumping up and hanging off everything that dangles off a fucking Christmas tree when we loaded it up with glass ornaments.
Is killing it when my daughter's not looking the only answer?
Are there presents under the tree?
It'll go and chew on the bows and ribbons
Yeah Christmas trees are basically giant cat toys. Especially if you have a young cat.
I haven't had a christmas tree since we got cats. 10 years now
sleeping in the tree
eating the ornaments
So happy I got those cats.
I can't stand xmas decorations, or music.
You brought a fucking tree inside. INSIDE! 
Yeah we don't put a tree up now either. Lol 
I trained my cats to run when I mAke a hissing sound.
They know I'm not impressed when I do it.
Whenever you give it shit do that. Eventually you don't even have to get up.
They get that look like they are going to do something I give a hiss and they book it.
Mine don't fuck with the ornaments anymore, but every bow on a present has teeth marks on it.
They have also been using it as an ambush point to attack the dog.
My cat always knocked over the tree when I was a cat. He loved doing it.
Poop Doodle - My cat always knocked over the tree when I was a cat. He loved doing it.
Haven't gotten a tree in years. I can't even give someone a present without it being a little damaged. They will sit on the paper while you are trying to wrap it. They will paw at the ribbon. They will sit on/sleep on it. Every present will look a little beat up by the time I give to someone. Lol.
Freeman -
Someone didn't do their homework before getting a cat.
LOL. Glass ornaments - is the tree on carpet at least?
Nope......doddam laminate flooring! It was easy enough to sweep up all the glass and needles, but man, this tree looks even more like shit than it did to begin with! It was a Charlie Brown tree that I had to go out and find and cut down myself, and I kind of failed.......but now I can blame the cat for the pathetic state of this tree. Maybe I'll get a picture for you fuckers...........
I have three 7 month old kittens I am fostering atm and I don't have any ornaments on the first 3 feet of the tree and I've had to plastic wrap the tree stand so they wont drink the water. This morning I woke up to xmas presents on the other side of the living room and ornaments in my shoes in the bedroom closet... I'm just waiting for the day I come home and the tree is on the floor.
My cat just smacks a couple of the low hanging fruit. He has a nibble on the branches too.
Wrapping presents is more of a chore. He's lying on the paper, nibbling the ribbon and generally getting in everything. Little bugger.
He was shown the door.
Kon Thai - Haven't gotten a tree in years. I can't even give someone a present without it being a little damaged. They will sit on the paper while you are trying to wrap it. They will paw at the ribbon. They will sit on/sleep on it. Every present will look a little beat up by the time I give to someone. Lol.Many of the world's simplest tasks are hard as shit when you add a cat to the equation.
Bought a motion sensor compressed air blaster off amazon. Works great.
ferox13 -A quote for the agesKon Thai - Haven't gotten a tree in years. I can't even give someone a present without it being a little damaged. They will sit on the paper while you are trying to wrap it. They will paw at the ribbon. They will sit on/sleep on it. Every present will look a little beat up by the time I give to someone. Lol.Many of the world's simplest tasks are hard as shit when you add a cat to the equation.
Once we got a blue spruce tree, whose needles are stiff, pointy and sharp as fuck, the cat decided that it really wanted to leave the tree alone.
Blue Spruce...it makes moving and decorating the tree a dangerous and often painful activity, but the cat fucks off.
my wife went the shitty fake tree and crappy plastic ornaments. just have to gather up the destruction and stand the tree back up. we are hoping that maybe after 5 or 6 years the little bastards learn to leave it alone.
have to watch with live trees. the needles might make you catless.