Seasonal Greetings & Etc

 

            Suzy was staring out of the front window. Across the street she could see colored lights all over the neighbor’s house. Next door to that one, were some odd figures scattered around the lawn. She remembered this display from years before. It was slightly different each winter, as if different people had done a similar thing to the outside of their houses.
            She sighed, and sent an inquiry out to Toots on KittyWave™. Then she waited around to see if an answer came. Yes!
            “Greetings Suzy!” said Toots. “What’s up?”
“Well, I’m looking out of the front of the house. They’re doing it over there again. Colored lights in strings all over the house. Then like big white things made out of balls with hats and stuff.”
            “Snowmen,” said Toots.
            “There’s no snow,” said Suzy.
            “No snow here either,” said Toots.
            “I don’t think it’s nice or fair. Every year there are all these jokes about cats destroying Christmas trees! Personally, I have never climbed a Christmas tree. Have you?” asked Suzy.
            “Oh yeah. But, no, I haven’t. It has something to do with the common run of media. To make it so that the less intellectual get a kick out of it, they have to make dumb jokes and videos,” sighed Toots.
            “Why don’t they show German Shepherds up in Christmas trees? That would really be dumb!” said Suzy, and they both laughed, well, the cat version of laughing, which mostly amounts to looking snarky. But no one was there to see it, so it evaporated pretty quickly.
            “So, Toots, oh wise one, I hear the word ‘holiday’ thrown around lots lately,” said Suzy. “What do you make of it?”
            “It’s something that seems to mean a lot to these humans. They work so hard to try to have fun it seems to me. They stay home from work and school. They travel to see relatives. During the run up, I don’t see a lot of smiling or hear much laughing. I expect it has to do with expectations,” said Toots thoughtfully.
            “Oh yeah. She worries about what food to bring and what to tell her kids to bring and arranging rides, like it’s a hard job,” said Suzy.
            “Maybe you could be funny and make her laugh!” suggested Toots.
            “And guess what? Those other two cats are coming to infest the place again!”
            “Oh no! That grumpy little thing and the big hairy guy?” asked Toots.
            “Yeah, for days and days. I just make myself scarce mostly,” said Suzy.
            “It’s all part of ‘holiday fun’. You must bear up, Suzy! Like it’s your job!” announced Toots, sweetly.
            “I know the other She can’t leave them at home alone. I know. I know,” said Suzy.
            “Do you have any idea how this holiday thing got started? I just wonder every year. I can’t tell by looking at colored lights and cookies and trees with shiny balls in them,” said Suzy.
            “Maybe it has something to do with holly,” said Toots. “But that seems pretty dumb. It can’t be that.”
            “Maybe part of the reason they are so sad and pushy and busy is because they know what the reason is, but are making a party out of it?” Suzy wondered. “I wish they would just tell us!”
            “I think parties are OK, if love is there. You know? It can look just the same as any other party, but be completely different? It’s a mystery,” said Toots. She took a moment to lick between her toes.
            “I do try to make them laugh, by barreling back and forth through the house, chasing Willie!” said Suzy.                “You would laugh too, if you could see us!”
            “I don’t even need to see it! It’s already funny!”
Both Toots and Suzy just stopped to appreciate the high comedy of the thought of
Willie galloping!
            “Well, Suzy, we both have our work cut out for us, don’t we dear?”
            “Indeed we do, Toots, sweetie, our job it to lighten ‘em up a little! Goodness sakes!”
            “We do what we can! And we Purr!”
            So Purr they did.
            And you know what? Everybody stopped worrying and had a nice time!
            No amount of fretting can withstand the power of the PowerPurr™!