Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for December 06, 2023

Is he Santa, or Alice in Wonderland? Eat Me! Drink Me! So, by that logic, Lupin is obviously the Mad Catter!

Makes sense, I suppose. After all, the poem does call them eight tiny reindeer.

I picture Burt with popcorn.

Okay, Lupin is just free associating now!

Puck is right. The reindeer fly from roof to roof. Father Christmas doesn’t have to climb onto the roof. Lupin, you are correct about the size change to get down the chimney, but do try to keep your speculations within reasonable limits.

A really big Santa? Would love to see the film, Fluffapurrus Rex vs. Santa-zilla!

Could he use the quantum dimension like Antman? Or maybe he IS Antman with all that shrinking and getting better? Or maybe he’s Catman.

OK, Lupin, I was following along until you said Santa was riding the reindeer. To quote Pucky, “Nope, nope, nope!”

Think of the stretch marks! Zoiks!

I’m repeating my theory that Santa is more like an octopus, able to fit in anywhere because he has no bones.

Originally in the North, it was Sleipnir who flew from roof to roof. Eight legs became eight reindeer.

Lupin has some good catnip. Perhaps Mittens told him how to get a hold of his catnip dealer, Stumpy.

OT: Update on Trouble

It’s so wrong it might be right!

So, Santa becomes “Sant-Man” when he becomes tiny?

I’m thinking these guys ought to quit while they’re -— ahead??

So do all the gifts shape shift too?

You see how tricky it is to remain in-universe once you add fantastical features to your story! (Wink wink)

I know for a fact that Lupin gets his nipnip from Weezer, one of the Three Southern Cats from the YouTubes.

Pucky is upset that Lupin is amending the story.

Lupin (along with Burt) is making so much sense. Give in to the magic of Santa, Puck!

I’m starting to like Lupin’s explanation of Santa. The Night Before Christmas aka A Visit from St. Nicholas describes him as small but chubby with tiny reindeer. Just reread that poem – magic!!

Lupin: “And that’s my story and I’m sticking to it!!”

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Puckmosis: It’s always good to see you, Kat-Mandu!

Ora Z: How do you like being a Papyrus Cat?

Kat-Mandu: It’s a great job. I get to deliver gifts, good news, and scrolls from all over. Of course, I have to deliver the good news and the bad.

Ora Z: Can’t you just shred the bad news?

Kat: No. Unfortunately, people need both the good and the bad.

Melpomene Bee: That’s like what I do. I represent the Muse of Tragedy. But my message is that tragedy and comedy are necessary to have a full life. And there’s always honey to sweeten things.

Puck: I like your Xanadu honey, Mel. It’s sweet and yet has a touch of salt as well. Very complex.

Mel: I always like to keep finding ways to improve. I’m just on the way to see Trevor about some exciting new flower varieties.

Kat: Great! Let us know how you make out.

Mel: At least I’ll do better than my sister Thalia. She tried to make honey from space time anemone nectar.

Puck: Oooh…How did that turn out?

Mel: No one knows. We can’t find the honey.

A really big Santa was supposed to be in the Ghostbusters Movie instead of the Stay Puff Marshmallow man, but the studio thought it might traumatize parents when their little ones learned that Santa wan’t real. Parents can be so unpredictable and fickle these days.

It’s folklore. It’s always been about the growing of the story as told and re-told. :)

I am really enjoying Lupin’s interpretation of the Christmas season.

Lupin tells Pucky how it’s gonna be

When Santa goes down their small chimney

Though Puck and Elvis throw shade his way

Lupin knows that before the big day

Santa will shrink but not fade away

He knows Santa has to be that way

To fit inside his tiny sleigh

Santa grows bigger than a Cadillac

In the pink house while enjoying a snack

Santa Claus has got to be real

On Christmas morning, his magic’s revealed

Santa’s real, won’t fade away

Ora believes what Lupin does say

If we believe, our hope won’t fade away

At least not for today

- Norman Petty / Charles Holly – Not Fade Away

“Magical Man May Be Magical” gave me a good belly laugh. I may have choked a little on my saliva . . .

Puck’s eyebrows, in the last panel, are getting pretty fierce (although the ears are still mostly upright). Will this friendly debate turn into a cuffing, swatting and hissing spectacle?

Lupin has all the answers!!!!

Lupin’s theory does seem to be logical.

So the reindeer don’t have as much weight they have to pull while in flight—I’m following your logic here still, Lupin. ;)

Great, now I’m imagining a kaiju-sized Santa Claus stomping down Main Street.

OT – Taylor Swift fans

Because he wouldn’t fit in the sleigh if he was really big, right?

BCN 2024 Calendar Most readers of the comments will know by now that Georgia, blessings be upon her, has done a calendar for 2024 and it’s available at Zazzle. If you’ve not yet ordered one or more, and want to, here’s a serious tip: Don’t try to find it; just use the Search box and put in Breaking Cat News Calendar, and hey presto you’ll have it onscreen.

Cats would know about fitting into tiny places!!!

OT Why Denny’s been behind on BCN, and the really good news from that.

If Santa grew REALLY big, there would be no house.

im crushing your head

Happy Little Christmas. St. Nicholas Day!

Did you find goodies in your shoe?

Now I’m imagining movies like The Amazing Colossal Man and The Incredible Shrinking Man. Did Santa get exposed to a nuclear test cloud back in the 1950’s?

Once again, Lupin is right. Or at least in agreement with Clement Clark Moore, who told us about Santa’s “MINIATURE sleigh with eight TINY reindeer”!

Just looked at the Calendar page on Zazzle and it is “trending” with 667 views. Now not all views will = sales, but it does show how popular it is!

Santa has magic powers. Shape changing is one of the minor ones.

Santa is really a cat, and can walk through walls. The chimney thing is just misdirection.

Fennec! at the Disco, how is Orange Plush doing today? Sure hope she’s feeling much better and eating more. Sending her lots of healing purrs, good thoughts, healing vibes and paw power! ❤❤❤

Santa Claus is magic, but an elf?

OT: TK Update – Good News!

In other news…

Animal Control showed up this morning to attempt to round up the dogs that attacked my orange plush yard cat last week. The dogs just kept moving out of the officer’s reach – which he said showed they don’t attack people. (Just other animals.)

Another officer was called in who brought a live-trap cage. That is now chained to a fixture in the yard where it’s out of direct sunshine most of the day.

And all day long the yard cats were in and out of the cage, stealing the dog kibble bait without triggering the latch. Cats! So my kid got some dog biscuits at the store and used one of those for bait – ten minutes later, we caught the first dog. Right about the time the Animal Control office closed for the day.

But we are on their list to come get the dog in the morning. I hope the pooch will be all right, stuck in the cage all night!

Santa is MAGIC. I would think the cats would have figured that out by now.

He’s a size-shifter? Why have none of the movies covered this lore? =P

On a modern house our chimney was a tiny, black plastic tube. Really did make it hard to believe in Santa.