Athena (California, USA) is very concerned about dinner time, so she has been complaining from inside her favourite paper bag. The bag is a good place for complaining.
There were gingerbread men still left out on the table, but the humans had to cover them with a bowl. This was because Blueberry (West Midlands, UK) was eyeing them up, and Blueberry still can’t be trusted.
The humans have been doing a lot of tidying today, and Harvey (Pennsylvania, USA) has been helping by licking his coat and watching them work. He is far more efficient at this than they are.
Orion (Colorado, USA) has reached a tentative peace with Audrey and Charlotte the spider plants. He has paused his campaign of chomping in exchange for a promise that spiderlings won't take the entire room over. Negotiations were successful, but he will remain forever vigilant.
We asked our CEO cat Pippin if he had any words or thoughts for the end of 2023. He told us that there are only two times that matter, now and dinner time, and even then they only matter if they are the same time (which they should be). There is no such thing as 2023 and there never was, that’s just something made up by humans.
Ash (Ontario, Canada) likes to nap with his head hanging completely off the edge of the table. No matter what anyone says, he insists he is perfectly comfortable.
Yogi (Buckinghamshire, UK) is enjoying the visitors staying with him, which allows him to claim two laps at once instead of having to time share the one lap usually available, with his sister.
Jonesy’s (Alberta, Canada) human caught covid recently, but Jonesy made sure their lap never got cold and provided healing purrs. Now they’re feeling better, and it's in part because of him.
BREAKING MEWS: Cat News has finally received word from our repawter at the North Pole, Santa’s Cat (North Pole). Santa’s Cat and Santa’s Kitten both confirm that Santa’s sleigh was all filled up and Santa is now in flight and on his way around the world. No hitches, no hiccups, and the only thing left is for the elves to give the cats some ham.
Cat News recently spoke to #NASA about the work of Taters (California, USA) on the Deep Space Optical Communications experiment. Taters took on the role of Laser Motion Analytics and Close To Capture Specialist, for the mission, which saw an ultra-high definition video of him chasing a laser-dot streamed, via lasers, 31m km (19m miles).
Sebastian's (BC, Canada) kitty daddy loves hanging big Christmas stars all over the house. Sebastian loves to help his daddy, so when he discovered a star that had been assembled and temporarily left on the couch, he just had to try it on. He thinks he looks very fetching and festive in it even though it took a while to remove from his head!
Nayla (Greater London, UK) has found the neighbour's spider plants. This is unfortunate for everyone except her, because Nayla loves eating spider plants. Stay tuned for the deterioration of the plants along with neighbour relations.
Figgy (BC, Canada) is a real Jewish mama's boy. He loves to relax during the high holidays in his sweater and yarmulke. He needs to rest because he has to fill his menorah with kibble for eight nights in a row.
The human keeps moving their cup of hot chocolate, even though it is really nice and warm, and Tilly (Normandie, France) is clearly trying to use it as a pillow. For some reason this seems to greatly concern Tilly’s human.
Luca (Cork, Ireland) is not the bravest of cats, but she recently managed to outdo herself. She was startled by a piece of paper that was aggressively lying there and doing absolutely nothing.
Waffles the kitten (Alberta, Canada) has noticed that his humans have started to call him Waffles. Apparently trying to steal an enticing waffle was enough for them to decide on a name for him.
There was a tiny flurry of snow at the weekend in the lower mainland, and Sammy (BC, Canada) was quick to get up to the window and meow out a warning to his people. They were not planning to go outside, but just in case, he wanted them well prepared.
It has come to the attention of Cat News that Time Magazine has announced their person of the year, and it is a cat that is on the cover! Congratulations to Benjamin Button (USA) for your great achievements and representing the photogenic nature of all cats everywhere.
There is a very big box in the middle of the living room (which may or may not secretly be a Christmas present for someone). Pippin (BC, Canada) however is not going to allow it to be wrapped. It is his plinth now. His pedestal, and he loves it. He slept on it all day.
Amber (Ontario, Canada) loves Mondays! Her humans only get up to feed her in the morning and then go back to bed when its the weekend. On Mondays they stay up! She gets to watch them clack away at their desk instead of being boring. Sometimes she can even go and sit on the desk too for a close up view.
Axl (Alberta, Canada) can’t understand why his dinner has been an hour late since his hooman and almost all of the world turned the clocks back when Daylight Savings Time ended a few weeks ago. He herds his hooman towards the kitchen every chance he gets, not unlike a dog herds sheep. He is so distraught and after a number of failed attempts, sits in the kitchen waiting for his dinner.
Maynooth University (MU), Co. Kildare, Ireland, may be small, but it has something no other universities in Ireland have, a Library Cat. MU Library Cat, some call him Séamus, others Paddy, has heaps of adoring fans among students and staff who stop every day to pet him and donate food into his pantry. He stands to let people through the gates standing on a pillar across from the Library, right beside a little house that was built for him. He is the campus' legend and custodian. #caturday#cats
The humans dropped food off the table once, and now every time they eat, Pugsly (Vermont, USA) sits underneath the table. You never know when they might do it again, and he is going to be ready.
Gray (Midlothian, Scotland) is extremely happy after his dinners. In fact, this week he was so happy that he was literally bouncing off the walls as he bounded around in his post-dinner euphoria.