<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Courtesy of <i>Stuff</i> (Wellington, New Zealand) at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/blogs/four-legs-good/10903883/Furry-Friday-Cats-at-Christmas">http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/blogs/four-legs-good/10903883/Furry-Friday-Cats-at-Christmas</a></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------------</div><div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span class="storycredit" style="margin: 1px 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"></span></p><h1 style="margin: -2px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 32px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.235294); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Furry Friday: Cats at Christmas </h1><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Cats seem to get a kick out of Christmas. Here are some possible reasons:</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">* A Christmas tree to climb in.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">* A Christmas tree to hide under.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">* Giftwrap to tear.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">* A better than usual quality of food scraps.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">* A large number of brandied, benevolent, overfed laps to lie on.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Behold the 2014 Furry Friday collection of cats enjoying Christmastime, dedicated to Merrick, <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/blogs/four-legs-good/10393298/Four-legs-good-Farewell-to-Merrick" target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">whose departure</strong></a> has made my Christmas a catless one for the first time in 25 years.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Our cover-cat is eight-week-old Mugi, whom the attentive reader will notice perched between non-furry baubles.</span></p></div><div><img src="cid:34676382-CB2D-4290-AC09-2F9D72C6B078" alt="image1.jpeg" id="34676382-CB2D-4290-AC09-2F9D72C6B078"></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121314_01.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121314_01.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------</div><div><br></div><div>Other Photos . . .</div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121314_02.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121314_02.jpg</a></span></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121314_03.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121314_03.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121314_04.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121314_04.jpg</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121314_05.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121314_05.jpg</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121314_06.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121314_06.jpg</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121314_07.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121314_07.jpg</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121314_08.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121314_08.jpg</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121314_09.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121314_09.jpg</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121314_10.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121314_10.jpg</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121314_11.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121314_11.jpg</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121314_12.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121314_12.jpg</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121314_13.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121314_13.jpg</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121314_14.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121314_14.jpg</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121314_15.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121314_15.jpg</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121314_16.jpg">http://www.MoscowCares.com/Caturday/Caturday_121314_16.jpg</a></span></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------------<br><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>