Christmas Eve Dawn
It’s the night before Christmas
And all through the house
The cats are all quiet and lying about
Dreaming of catnip and catching a mouse
While Blue waits for the rat in the fridge to thaw out
The birds are all ready to roost for the night
To wait for the fat guy with a beard that’s all white
Then they all looked at me round-eyed and distraught
“You’re fat with white hair and a white beard, are you not?”
I’m fat, my beard’s white, that I cannot deny
But I’m not him, I assure you, and I’ll tell you why
He’s jolly, wears red, and carries a sack
I’m a curmudgeon and cranky, and I always wear black
But before you all get your tails in a twitch
Besides old Santa, there’s La Befana, the witch
So, one or the other or both they may call
Offering peace and prosperity for one and for all
Christmas Eve Sunrise
Sheep, Glenda & Silver dreaming of catnip and catching a mouse. Well, maybe not the Sheep.
Marble: “Bah humbug! Wipe that smile off your silly face, Santa!”
Marble: “Talk to the Christmas paw!”
Silver: “Crown me the Cat of Cats!”
Silver’s bow
Silver’s bow
It’s Christmas time for the kitties
Ding-a-ling
He’s Kitty King
Tomorrow will be Christmas Day
Gwendolyn: “Hey, stupid Paparazzo! You’re not the only cranky curmudgeon wearing all black!”
Moonrise over Resa’s tree on Chrismas Eve.
Off Center & Not Even 
Merry Christmas 🎄 and Happy Holidays! Cheers and Meows!
Thanks, Leah. Merry Christmas! Give all your kitties a hug and a kiss for me.
Perfect!!!! Love all of them and the poem.
Thanks, Gigi. I hope you’re having a wonderful Christmas eve.
Thank you so much. 🙂
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.
Are you off to bed, already? Thanks, Brad.
Soon. Time zones… 😉
Time zones sneak up on you.
Yup, one hour at a time
Merry Christmas kitties, Blue and the very funny curmudgeon
Better get to shopping …
Thanks, Mandrake. So, if you’re not the magician, the Linux OS?
Not the Linux variant either. I thought curmudgeons didn’t celebrate anything, least of all something like Christmas or Festivus.
Any way, celebrate well.
Curmudgeons get forced into celebrating.
Merry Christmas to you and yours Tim. The boys also extend their holiday wishes to the kitties. Oh, and thanks to Marble my dogs are now walking around telling everyone to talk to the paw – bad kitty!
Another of your comments bailed out of spam jail. Your boyz have you talking to the paw, do they? Marble’s pretty happy with herself about that. Thanks, Brian.
Merry Christmas! 🎄
Thanks, Heidi.
Merry Christmas to all the kitties and to you Timothy !
Thanks, Rudi.
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas, my dear friends! Jimi sends his regards!
Merry Christmas! Give Jimi and Christmas hug for me. Thanks, Herman.
All is beautiful in the kitty kingdom!
Beautiful poem, paparazzo!
Merry Christmas!
I love your cute Christmas cat poem, dear Tim! The cats look happy. ❤️🎄 Merry Christmas to you and Laurie and the kitties. 🎄❣️
Thanks, Cindy.
So creative! ✨ A little cranky makes you genuine! 🖤 Merry Christmas! 🐈⬛🎄🐈
Thanks, Michele.
Love these parodies and photos. Seems even a cranky black-clad curmudgeon like you managed a bit of Christmas cheer. Merry Christmas to you, your family and friends, and your household of wonderful critters!
Thanks, JYP. Curmudgeonly cheer to all.
Merry Christmas, Tim! I enjoyed your Christmas poem and cat portraits and bookend skies. Overcast her last night, mostly cloudy this Christmas day morning, but not too cold. Just shy of 45 degrees.
Wishing you and all of yours a very happy and merry Christmas, Tim!
I LOVE your rendition of TNBC!! Tim – you have created an extraordinary poem. Clement Clarke Moore would be very pleased. I would love to hear you recite this poem. Will be in touch.
Thanks, Rebecca. I recited it to Laurie and the kitties.
And I know it was brilliantly recited. Merry Christmas.
Lets get in touch this week and I’ll recite it to you.
Sounds wonderful!!!!
Beautiful…. Merry Christmas to you all xx
Thanks, Sue.
Hope you Laurie and the cats had a great day.
We did. Thanks, Shey.
Glad to hear it. And thank you again for the lovely card.
Your are welcome!
xx
I enjoyed your Christmas Eve post; it was a lot of fun. I hope you and yours had a good day yesterday.
We did. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Thanks, Liz.
You’re welcome, Tim. We had a wonderful Christmas as well.
I love it!
Thanks, Dawn.
Love the sunrise colors.
Thanks, Brad.
I,m getting better. I guessed TNBC before getting to the poem! Did they all take a cat nap before Father Christmas arrived?
They certainly did. Catnapping is one of their favorite activities or non-activities. Thanks, Geoff.
This was a perfect Tim Christmas Post! Hope your Christmas was merry despite your curmudgeonly self 😉 xo
Wow!
Thanks, Inchie.
Tim, thank you for that beautiful shot of the moon over my tree!
I love it. This is the kind of gift that makes me happy.
The cats are spectacular, and your parody is brilliant.
The final holiday night is tonight.
Happy New Year to you and yours, dear friend!
xoxo
You are welcome, Resa. I’m happy you like the poem. Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! 🎉💥💖🥂
Happy New Year!
Apologies for such a late read on the Christmas post, Linda came down with Covid on Christmas day and everything went straight to chaos trying to get our southern travel plans updated. Belated, but none the less, hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas – the poem is the chef’s kiss!
Sorry to hear Linda got the covid cooties for Christmas. That’s not the kind of present one looks forward to. Neither Laurie or I have had covid, but everyone else in our family has had it, some multiple times. It could be that covid is afraid of cats and snakes. Linda might want to reconsider her angst with snakes. Thanks, Brian.