Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for November 02, 2017

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Such shade from Lupin! And poor Pucky is beside himself. Nobody puts TURKEY in a corner.

I hate to admit to the BCN staff, but I too am planning to set up my imitation Christmas tree this weekend…..

Three approaches to this: quiet condescension, dry snarkiness, and outright hostility. But I’ll be honest, I didn’t anticipate bootbrush-tail there to be the one to deliver the last approach!

I’m with the boys here, Christmas stuff starts showing up much too early these days – at least in the stores. I think Puck needs to talk to his people about celebrating Canadian Thanksgiving too then he can have 2 turkey holidays :)

I went to the shop today and noticed the shelves where holiday treats are put was still full of chocolate “Boy…” I thought to myself, “They sure have a lot of Halloween candy left…oh, no, wait, this appears to all be for Christmas.”

yipe! not christmas here, too! way too early! puck has the right idea!

there’s also the christmas goose, the christmas turkey, and christmas.. HAM!

Look at the tail on Pucky. It’s bigger even than the one Elvis gets sometimes!

Brave puck steps in

Ooooh, fancy camera angles!

The man recovered from his candy coma well.

True – no ornaments before December.

I don’t understand. Christmas is a holiday about turkey. The Man isn’t trying to skip over it. He might be trying to skip over Thanksgiving, but that isn’t the only turkey holiday.(When I was a boy we used to see American comics and cartoons showing Thanksgiving, and were thoroughly baffled by it. We thought that perhaps “Thanksgiving” was an American name for Christmas. We didn’t know that Americans had this weird extra holiday.)

Lupin’s facial expression says it all.

Pucky’s right! Turkey must not be skipped!

In the United States, 25% of all personal spending takes place during the Christmas shopping season. So, especially in times of a struggling retail sector, the “get ’em in the door” approach is often a matter of survival. Think of the brands and the retailers you long loved which have vanished forever.

I sell books at Barnes and Noble. Our well located store has in the lasts ten years gone from a staff of around two dozen to about one dozen. The only full time 40 hours a week employees are the management. The store is still huge, and tasks are still huge, but we sometimes have to close at 10 PM with only two people to do straighten-up after the devastation and displacement wrought by customers. B and N is the LAST nationwide brick and mortar chain bookseller, down from at least two dozen in 1990. It may succumb too.

I understand that online buying is cheaper by far. But here’s the thing. Many people treat our store as a “showroom.” They come in, need customer service, “shop” all over the store, ask lots of questions about book choices, need help finding things, have to be cleaned up after. Then when they find what they want, go home and buy it on the internet. Many will only buy if they have to have something immediately, such as a last minute gift or a school book needed in class tomorrow. Some pointedly tell us that we should match online prices. We literally would have to close the store within 90 days if we did that. Our operating expenses are far above those of an internet warehouse on a piece of property not in a high rental retail area.

I really think national brand and even large regional chain bookstores will be gone soon. The possible silver lining is that small independent stores may blossom again, but to find most things at one location will be an internet only option.

Pucky’s epic poof! Though honestly, I always thought he looked like a squirrel when he did that…

(Also, Lupin’s face in that first panel. LOL.)

As always, fun and funny today. And as much as I love all the denizens of this household, it’s nice to see the Man in a starring role from time to time.

I normally put up the decorations for Christmas on Thanksgiving Friday. I love the lit tree during dark December. This year, however, our own black kitty who dances across the top of the kitchen cabinets and onto the ceiling beams, treats the dining room chairs like a mountain chain climbing challenge and lands on the heads of people sitting on the couch, would be guaranteed to wreck havoc with a tree. So I will twine a few strings of battery mini lights around wreaths on windows and doors and call it done. Maybe once he leaves kittenhood behind he will settle down and the tree will return.

I won’t get too political here but Thanksgiving needs a lot of work anyway.

Pucky has it right, and since he rarely gets upset, the Man should heed his strong feelings on the subject. The people who want to put up decorations ten weeks before Christmas are the same people who want to tear everything down and put it away December 26, (which we call Boxing Day, here) when things are just getting started! Don’t budge, Puck!

I have vey poor vision so normally i only glace at the artwork mostly getting the verbal humor. But this strip has such delightful artwork even I can enjoy it. I don’t usually read comments either as that can be disstressful. But here the community is a delight and helps me to see nuances I would otherwise miss. Thanks to all of you.

Way the go, Puck! I never understand why some people put up Christmas decoration too early.

I love that last panel! Poufy-tailed Puck, Elvis looking startled at Puck’s strong reaction.

I got my 50% off candy corn yesterday.

Should have enough to last until christmas, at least.

Lupin’s expression is priceless and I had no idea that Puck’s tail could get that big o.0

Puck, don’t be so hard on the man. Some people celebrate Christmas early because they won’t be with some of their family at Christmas. At the same time I have put my Peanuts tree up before Thanksgiving so my nephews could see it since they are not here for Christmas, but wait until after Thanksgiving to set up the main tree.

I recall decorating the tree on xmas eve as a kid. The entire family had gathered to help. That would be faux pas these days inguess

I’m with you, Puck. Don’t let them try and do you out of Turkey Day in their hurry to get to Grinch Theft Day! (But I’m biased, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It doesn’t come with expectations about anything except eating lots of food and hanging out with people I love.)

Lovely strip as usual, Georgia.

Yes! You go, Puck!

It’s only a quarter after eight on the west coast, and there are already 101 comments.

Cool!

I once worked at Filene’s in Boston, in the restaurant division. It was so long ago, that stores were not open on Sunday’s because of the stringent blue laws in Boston. Then the laws were relaxed to allow stores to open on Sunday’s from Thanksgiving to Christmas. I remember when they started putting up Christmas decorations right after Halloween. I hated it then and I hate it now. Thank you Puck!

The Christmas stuff has already been in the stores since Labor Day too. Only change now is that they are taking out the Halloween decorations to make room for Valentine’s Day.

If it weren’t for Halloween, the Christmas (oh, excuse me, HOLIDAY :P) season would start in September. I’m with Charlie Brown, it’s gotten way too commercial. We don’t put up Christmas decorations in my house until after Thanksgiving. As far as I’m concerned, the Christmas season doesn’t start till Santa rides by in the Macy’s Parade :)

Lupin’s expression of disapproval, Elvis’ of objective analysis, and startled surprise in the last panel, finally Puck’s righteous anger and enormous poof tail—I’m standing here beside myself, and we’re both laughing!

I am retired and live with only my cats for company, so I don’t do much in the way of decoration… and most of the decorations I have (a nativity scene, a couple plaster skulls, a sign that says that “today I am a good witch,” etc) are left up all year round.

I do have 12 different door decorations (one for every month of the year), and for November, I have a wreath made of golden leaves.

I don’t mind early Christmas decorations. What I do mind is that stores think its okay to be open on Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving is a time when people should be thankful and spend time with their loved ones.

Last week my cat climbed up and knocked down the box of Christmas decorations in the closet. I guess she was getting pretty antsy for the holiday!

I am all about the food! Don’t forget about the pumpkin pie! :D

It’s just me so will set up my Fontanini nativity set (except for Baby Jesus) around Thanksgiving. Although I do like looking to see what new figurines they have.

Listen to Puck. He’s the most gentle and easy going of the three, so when he attacks one should always listen.

just leave puke alone