None of mine would tolerate Santa!

Holly, on the other hand, would claw poor Santa to pieces. That is, after she clawed me to pieces first for trying to make her pose with him.

Ty for sharing her with us.

Also on a side note MIButterfly, what a lovely way to honor her.

Encore, Encore

Martini is pretty much a go-with-the-flow kind of cat. Very little seems to bother her, except, of course, when I'm late with the food and water in the morning! Then she throws a fit!

Edited to add: Or when I give her her blood pressure pills. She goes from sweet little kitty cat to the Incredible Hulk in 10 seconds!

Kind of like a Cosmopolitan martini. 🤗

When I first adopted my cats, I took a photo of them together and put it in a frame on my desk at work. I showed it to my boss and told them their names were Martini and Holly and he said "Chocolate Martini!"

Thank you for your kind words.

And Martini is beautiful!

When I first saw Martini at Petsmart, I fell in love with her on the spot. That was over 14 years ago. She and Holly have brought so much joy into my life. I wish the same for you and Muffin.

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This photo was from 2014. Many of the pet stores in the area offer photos with Santa at Christmas. I'm pretty sure Martini was the only cat among the long line of dogs. The last two times I took her she peed in the crate and that put the kibosh on that once and for all.

I do have some cute photos though. I have a ton of pictures of my previous cat Boots. She fought with Santa every single time; too bad for her that she never figured out that peeing in the crate would get her out of it forever! LOL!