As life-long cat people, DH and I always have to anchor our tree, and cannot use tinsel even though we love it. The first time a cat comes out of the litter box dragging tinsel behind him may be hilarious, but it certainly isn't fun chasing him down and removing it!
That was our first Christmas together.
After 24 years, tying the tree to a window frame and the ceiling is just the 1st step of decorating. When I was a teen, we had 5 flying squirrels rescued newborn from a tree felled by a friend with his father's tree service. The mother died in the fall, and he arrived at our house with these 5 pink "mice" that all fit in the palm of your hand like a ping pong ball. They were sooo tiny, 2 drops from an eyedropper was a whole meal at first. You should have seen them in the Christmas tree!
I was wonderful!! Oddly enough, I don't think they broke any ornaments.
We are well behind in decorating this year, but Christmas will be here in 5 days, decorations or not. Remember what they say in "How the Grinch stole Christmas":
"It came without presents. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags..." (Hope I remembered that right.)
I do love Christmas! ...and it's almost HERE!
They get Christmas Presents and everything... My mom has even requested what "they" want for Christmas 
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