Merry Christmas to all my fellow BCN Mega Orbsters and the furbabies! Tommy’s officially one of the news crew now! I adore his excited and surprised expression in panel 4.
Yes, snow in Portland! First time in eight years! Having to keep track of suet and hummingbird feeders and breaking ice of water dishes! Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays or however you do the Yule celebration! Happy Catmas!
Panel 1, the detail of Elvis’s paw. Panel 2, Tommy’s rueful half-smile. Panel 4, Tommy’s dekighted surprise emphasized by stars. Panel 5, Tommy’s joyful goodbye to a lineup of three BCN reporters. One thing though. Panel 1, Elvis is holding one paw behind his back. Is he holding the present? If so, why, in panel 4, is he running after Tommy? Oh, yes, and one of my favorite lines: “Well, I know for a fact you’d do the same for me.”
Merry Christmas, everyone! I just had a Tommy-esque situation in which I couldn’t find my Russian Blue Pushkin since last night and I was convinced he’d somehow gotten outside and lost. Turns out he had hidden in the house because he was the latest victim of the creeping crud going round my little herd. I found him tonight and force-fed him some pumpkin and water, after a nice, long cuddle. He ate and drank some on his own, afterward, so he seems to be doing better, thank God.
Well, my broken Christmas tree just stood up, my heart grew 5 sizes, I worshiped at the manger, I heard an angel get his wings, I got a bb gun for Christmas, and I bought a big goose for the Cratchets. With Tommy going home (!) my Christmas is complete.
Ah, panel five and you can tell Tommy’s Woman is nuzzling his head as she holds him. How do I know? I do that with one of mine – the only one who likes to be held for long periods of time.
Wishing everyone in our Breaking Cat World the most Merriest of Christmases and the Happiest New Year! Love to all of your Mow Mows and Woof Wooffs! xoPS I changed my profile pic to Boo (yup, THE Kitten Kaboodle!), the kitten we rescued from certain death. Don’t be fooled by this 4 1/2 pound scruffball. He is now 13 pounds, healthy, happy and rules the roost with his kitty and woofy friends at my friends’ house :))
A very Merry Christmas to Georgia and her family, all the BCN orbsters and their orbabies from me, my husband Paul, and Yum Yum (the moderately demented Siamese).
A very Merry Christmas to Georgia and her family, all the BCN orbsters and their orbabies from me, my husband Paul, and Yum Yum (the moderately demented Siamese).
Merry Hissmas and Happy New Year from Stubby Kay, Chewie, Thomas Benedict Cumbercat, Gracie Mae West, Midnight Louie, Speckles, Tommy-O, Near Ollie, Maggie’s Minion, Mr. Mistofelees, and Skyler!
I only discovered this wonderful comic strip about 6 months ago, and it is now one of my favorites! Merry Christmas to Georgia and the whole BCN friends and family.
Merry Christmas BCN world! Santa left two squeaky dog toys (a penguin and a rain deer) and two super dooper catnip toys. The catnip was so strong that our black kitty was opening the gift bag the minute it hit the floor. Hoping for a kinder and gentler new year.
Merry Christmas, everyone! My boys have already played with all of their toys until they have worn themselves out – each now napping with an arm around their favorite new mousie or jingle ball. Well, all except Rosie-Bell, who has brought his Goldie-fish and curled up in my lap with her. (She was his first Christmas present as a kitten, and no other toy has ever taken her spot as his favorite toy.)
Oh wow! I am opening the rest of the presents my oldest living sister sent me… and I get to the last one and it is a book. It is not a book you can buy in a store. It was published by a vanity press. It is the story of my mom’s dog “Jeepers” that she had when she was in the army during WWII. It is full of pictures from then. It is the best present of all of the presents I got.
Asking for prayers for Gentleman – another from my semi-feral colony – I can tell that he’s been injured, even without blood on him, but I can’t get close enough to try to help him. He just won’t let me, even though I can usually pet him. I’ve made him a warm nest & put out his favorite food. Just praying he survives this or lets me help him. If not, praying that it’s at least mostly painless for him & he knows I love him…
Merry Christmas to you all!!! I hope you’ve all had a terrific day. We woke up to a surprise dusting of snow, presents from Santa, and there’s ham cooking in the oven. A lot to be thankful for! Thank you so much for reading, I’m so happy I had a chance to share this story in newspapers at last! I hope you’ve enjoyed it!
Man, I’m glad that’s over with. Now those of us who read it the first time don’t have to fight to keep from telling everyone “No, no, no,… don’t worry, things aren’t just going to be alright, they will be BETTER than alright. Elvis gets home, Tommy gets home, and there is ham for all”. One of the best Christmas tales ever, and it does deserve being in a Christmas book.
Purry Christmas to the orb and to my son, daughter , and sister, with whom i have shared the bcn site over Christmas. I’m sure Georgia has just gained more fans. The good boys are irresistible.
Yogi007 about 7 years ago
Merry Christmas to you, Georgia, your family, your furbabies, and all of your friends here!!
anne o about 7 years ago
Second the motion! Merry Christmas to everyone and thanks to Georgia for our daily doses of Merry and Bright!
anne o about 7 years ago
Second the motion! Merry Christmas to everyone and thanks to Georgia for our daily doses of Merry and Bright!
Gloria Fleming about 7 years ago
YES!!! Merry Christmas, and God bless us, every one!
Jungle Empress about 7 years ago
Merry Christmas to all, including the precious furbabies! Much love to everyone!
Lady Bri about 7 years ago
Merry Christmas to all my fellow BCN Mega Orbsters and the furbabies! Tommy’s officially one of the news crew now! I adore his excited and surprised expression in panel 4.
BaconBoyCamper about 7 years ago
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!
ESPECIALLY TO GEORGIA AND HER FAMILY AND HER FURRIES
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trinium about 7 years ago
Merry Christmas to all – or should it be Merry Catmass?
LuvyaBebe05 about 7 years ago
Tommy toebeans!!!
MrsXandamere about 7 years ago
Meowy Catmas everyone!
butler2jc about 7 years ago
merry catmass and love and hugs to all! love the addition of tommy to the crew, by elvis no less!
Sue Ellen about 7 years ago
Lots of new art work! Welcome to the BCN news staff, Tommy!
poppet bear about 7 years ago
Merry Christmas everyone!!
We still have snow on the ground and more apparently coming tonight so a rare white Christmas for us – my boys are not amused at the cold weather :)
Fia Rose about 7 years ago
We just got snow here in the Portland, OR area—a rare and special thing! :)A very Merry Christmas to all you lovely folks, and blessings to all! <3
Charliegirl Premium Member about 7 years ago
Tommy got a present from his new friends! Wonderful!!!
Leanne about 7 years ago
Merry Christmas to all, especially to the growing crew of BCN reporters!
Gent about 7 years ago
Welcoming the Cat News Network’s new field reporter, say hello to good ol’ happy cat — Tommy!
shaunnmunn about 7 years ago
Ergo qui natus, die hodierna! Jesu’ tibi sit gloria! Patrus aeterni Verbum caro factum. Venite adoremus Dominum! (From: Adeste Fideles)
Warm orb bumps & blessings, one & all! Love, peace, JOY! >^.,.^<
DankMemes about 7 years ago
Welcome TOMMY to the BCN and Merr Christmas
Natarose about 7 years ago
Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas! Love this comic!
Natarose about 7 years ago
Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas! Love this comic!
Natarose about 7 years ago
Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas! Love this comic!
Gent about 7 years ago
Happy Holidays to all you Catsters and the Creator of this wonderful strip!
shadowdwellr6352 about 7 years ago
Yes, snow in Portland! First time in eight years! Having to keep track of suet and hummingbird feeders and breaking ice of water dishes! Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays or however you do the Yule celebration! Happy Catmas!
McColl34 Premium Member about 7 years ago
Ahh, wonderful! You would almost think that Georgia planned it so that this one would air on Christmas morning.
Oh wait, she did!
Thank you, Georgia. This story was just as wonderful this time as the first. The extra touches are such a bonus. Again, thank you!
McColl34 Premium Member about 7 years ago
Wishing everyone a happy, safe and joyous Christmas!
KristineKuhns about 7 years ago
Panel 1, the detail of Elvis’s paw. Panel 2, Tommy’s rueful half-smile. Panel 4, Tommy’s dekighted surprise emphasized by stars. Panel 5, Tommy’s joyful goodbye to a lineup of three BCN reporters. One thing though. Panel 1, Elvis is holding one paw behind his back. Is he holding the present? If so, why, in panel 4, is he running after Tommy? Oh, yes, and one of my favorite lines: “Well, I know for a fact you’d do the same for me.”
Robin Harwood about 7 years ago
Merry Christmas to all.
And now can we get back to hard news?
wolfiiig about 7 years ago
Our cat, Bijoux, wishes everyone a Merry Christmas! (And so do we)!
wolfiiig about 7 years ago
Our cat, Bijoux, wishes everyone a Merry Christmas! (And so do we)!
MDMom about 7 years ago
. . . Wishing all a “Merry Christmas” and a peaceful New Year. Thankful for so much love from our “mob of kitties”! <3 :)
thesnowleopard Premium Member about 7 years ago
Merry Christmas, everyone! I just had a Tommy-esque situation in which I couldn’t find my Russian Blue Pushkin since last night and I was convinced he’d somehow gotten outside and lost. Turns out he had hidden in the house because he was the latest victim of the creeping crud going round my little herd. I found him tonight and force-fed him some pumpkin and water, after a nice, long cuddle. He ate and drank some on his own, afterward, so he seems to be doing better, thank God.
smorbie the great and beautiful about 7 years ago
Well, my broken Christmas tree just stood up, my heart grew 5 sizes, I worshiped at the manger, I heard an angel get his wings, I got a bb gun for Christmas, and I bought a big goose for the Cratchets. With Tommy going home (!) my Christmas is complete.
May we all have as merry a Christmas as our boys!
Grace Premium Member about 7 years ago
Yay a new correspondent ;)
tricksterson about 7 years ago
Happy Solstice Celebration of your choice to all Orbsters
cat19632001 about 7 years ago
Ah, panel five and you can tell Tommy’s Woman is nuzzling his head as she holds him. How do I know? I do that with one of mine – the only one who likes to be held for long periods of time.
Pet about 7 years ago
Wishing everyone in our Breaking Cat World the most Merriest of Christmases and the Happiest New Year! Love to all of your Mow Mows and Woof Wooffs! xoPS I changed my profile pic to Boo (yup, THE Kitten Kaboodle!), the kitten we rescued from certain death. Don’t be fooled by this 4 1/2 pound scruffball. He is now 13 pounds, healthy, happy and rules the roost with his kitty and woofy friends at my friends’ house :))
Courage the Cowardly Dog! about 7 years ago
Merry Christmas!! Everybody!!
ladykat about 7 years ago
A very Merry Christmas to Georgia and her family, all the BCN orbsters and their orbabies from me, my husband Paul, and Yum Yum (the moderately demented Siamese).
ladykat about 7 years ago
A very Merry Christmas to Georgia and her family, all the BCN orbsters and their orbabies from me, my husband Paul, and Yum Yum (the moderately demented Siamese).
fuzzybritches about 7 years ago
I notice in panel 5 as well, we get to see the garland that we saw earlier. Great continuity!
cat19632001 about 7 years ago
May everyone enjoy their presents as much as Tommy loves his.
catte.west about 7 years ago
Merry Hissmas and Happy New Year from Stubby Kay, Chewie, Thomas Benedict Cumbercat, Gracie Mae West, Midnight Louie, Speckles, Tommy-O, Near Ollie, Maggie’s Minion, Mr. Mistofelees, and Skyler!
T_Lexi about 7 years ago
Peace on Earth!
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member about 7 years ago
Hoppy, hoppy, hoppy Holidays!
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member about 7 years ago
Part of the crew. What could be better?
Trespassers W about 7 years ago
Wishing one and all a Purry Christmas!
More_Cats_Than_Sense about 7 years ago
Merry Christmas To Georgia and her family, and all the Regulars, New Converts, and Lurkers at BCN at this Festive Time of year.
I’ll leave you with this message:
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SusieB about 7 years ago
I only discovered this wonderful comic strip about 6 months ago, and it is now one of my favorites! Merry Christmas to Georgia and the whole BCN friends and family.
metagalaxy1970 about 7 years ago
Merry Catmas everyone!
Sabrina17 about 7 years ago
Even better the second time around!Merry Christmas and a very happy New Year to all!
Edward about 7 years ago
Whew! As much as I love this story, getting to this point has been nerve wracking. Merry Christmas. Thank-you Georgia.
arolarson Premium Member about 7 years ago
Merry Christmas BCN world! Santa left two squeaky dog toys (a penguin and a rain deer) and two super dooper catnip toys. The catnip was so strong that our black kitty was opening the gift bag the minute it hit the floor. Hoping for a kinder and gentler new year.
Alec McLure Premium Member about 7 years ago
Loved the present! A new correspondent for the team!
burke129529 about 7 years ago
Merry Christmas, everyone! My boys have already played with all of their toys until they have worn themselves out – each now napping with an arm around their favorite new mousie or jingle ball. Well, all except Rosie-Bell, who has brought his Goldie-fish and curled up in my lap with her. (She was his first Christmas present as a kitten, and no other toy has ever taken her spot as his favorite toy.)
Axeɫ handeɫ about 7 years ago
Merry Christmas an Happy Holidays.
MarkTaggart Premium Member about 7 years ago
A beautiful, inspiring story!
Lizard Lass Premium Member about 7 years ago
One of my favorite moments! Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and have a nice day anyhow if none of the previous apply!
laurie.lynne about 7 years ago
sniffles Oh, the feels in this one! Again, one of my favorite arcs, and probably always will be. Love how cheerful Tommy is all the time.
Maizing about 7 years ago
Oh wow! I am opening the rest of the presents my oldest living sister sent me… and I get to the last one and it is a book. It is not a book you can buy in a store. It was published by a vanity press. It is the story of my mom’s dog “Jeepers” that she had when she was in the army during WWII. It is full of pictures from then. It is the best present of all of the presents I got.
noreenklose about 7 years ago
Merry Christmas to Georgia, and ALL fellow BCN orbsters.
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DennyWheeler about 7 years ago
Meowy Catmas to all, and to all a good night.
burke129529 about 7 years ago
Asking for prayers for Gentleman – another from my semi-feral colony – I can tell that he’s been injured, even without blood on him, but I can’t get close enough to try to help him. He just won’t let me, even though I can usually pet him. I’ve made him a warm nest & put out his favorite food. Just praying he survives this or lets me help him. If not, praying that it’s at least mostly painless for him & he knows I love him…
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member about 7 years ago
Tommy is one big cat.
Just look. He’s an armful!
lalybarger about 7 years ago
Wishing a blessed and wonderful Christmas to all the members of your family, furry and non-furry alike, from Allie and Mama.
auntzy about 7 years ago
Love the Christmas “tie-in”. The joy we get from your drawings, is huge! Thanks!
auntzy about 7 years ago
Love the Christmas “tie-in”. The joy we get from your drawings, is huge! Thanks!
ctlum about 7 years ago
I know I’m late but want to wish the Mega Orb Merry Christmas! And many blessings to Georgia and her family!
Deborah T Lewis Premium Member about 7 years ago
Merry Christmas to all the Orbs and especially Georgia’s Orb!!
Georgia Dunn creator about 7 years ago
Merry Christmas to you all!!! I hope you’ve all had a terrific day. We woke up to a surprise dusting of snow, presents from Santa, and there’s ham cooking in the oven. A lot to be thankful for! Thank you so much for reading, I’m so happy I had a chance to share this story in newspapers at last! I hope you’ve enjoyed it!
BillJackson1 about 7 years ago
Man, I’m glad that’s over with. Now those of us who read it the first time don’t have to fight to keep from telling everyone “No, no, no,… don’t worry, things aren’t just going to be alright, they will be BETTER than alright. Elvis gets home, Tommy gets home, and there is ham for all”. One of the best Christmas tales ever, and it does deserve being in a Christmas book.
Biskits about 7 years ago
Purry Christmas to the orb and to my son, daughter , and sister, with whom i have shared the bcn site over Christmas. I’m sure Georgia has just gained more fans. The good boys are irresistible.
r.mcg about 7 years ago
Merry Catmas, from me and my clowder to you and yours! May we all have ham!
TammyHarris-Dearhouse Premium Member almost 7 years ago
!!* SPOILER ALERT !!* SPOILER in replies.
mckenziewelsh over 5 years ago
Aaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwww it’s cute