here's one Christmas decoration we're not putting up this year

[quarrel]

...or probably ever.



And, no, the picture isn't distorted.

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[shaterri.livejournal.com]

I expect one of these every day from now to Christmas... :-) But yeah... do I even want to know where that came from?

[terrycloth.livejournal.com]

Longcat is looooong?

[quarrel.livejournal.com]

It's undoubtedly something my mother, or more likely my grandmother, found for sale super-cheap at some craft store somewhere. It can't be from before the first cat I lived with, so it's no older than the early 90s.

Here's what the box says:

Christmas Decoration

Another GWT[TM] Special Holiday Gift[TM]

Manufactured and distributed by Great Western Trading Co., Inc.
Plano, TX 75074
MADE IN CHINA

THIS ITEM IS FOR DECORATION
PURPOSE NOT A TOY FOR A CHILD

[ladyperegrine.livejournal.com]

Depressed furry Santa?

I think my favorite parts are the lantern and the patched sack.

I should show Daniel and Ellie and tell them that this is the Santa that visits the naughty children. Of course, Ellie likes cats so much that it could backfire.

[quarrel.livejournal.com]

Plenty of European versions of the Santa Claus legend have him traveling with a not-so-jolly companion who gives out bad presents to naughty children, or beats them, or even stuffs them into the sleigh and takes them back to the North Pole for a year of forced labor. Look up "Black Peter" or "Knecht Ruprecht".

...not that I'm recommending telling your children that Santa might abduct them. That could be bad.