So who is brave enough to put a tree up this year?

[Medusa]

Even my older cats can't leave the ornaments alone so I decided to buy a cone shaped tree w/the lights on the inside. This tree can be displayed outdoors, too. Ok, it isn't the fanciest but it's a tree w/lights at least. I'm planning on shopping for another one this week, already decorated and w/lights, if I can find the time but for now, this one works just fine.

[Karen]

We got in the habit of putting the family Christmas tree in a playpen when my parents had Gracie, the Great Dane. At her height, her tail could clear most of the ornaments off the tree in one happy moment - and we swore there was no connection between her brain and her tail. It was easier to put the tree in a playpen, that kept the ornaments safe from a certain tail, AND from the younger visiting grandchildren as well.

We stopped, however, putting candy canes on the tree during Gracie's 14-year reign - she LOVED candy canes. That was the only time she would drool, is if one dared eat a candy cane in her presence. Silly girl!

[Medusa]

We stopped, however, putting candy canes on the tree during Gracie's 14-year reign - she LOVED candy canes. That was the only time she would drool, is if one dared eat a candy cane in her presence. Silly girl!

That's hilarious! I would love to have seen that.

[MoonandBean]

So far, so good (but Sunny will be supervised constantly). Moon and Bean don't bother it; real or fake...

[IRescue452]

We have two ten-month-old kittens, if even that old. The tree went up, the ornaments came down, repeatedly. We just stick to ornaments that are safe around kittens. They don't have all that much interest anymore, they've got far too many toys to play with besides the tree plus a jungle gym of boxes and baskets. We've gotten pretty elaborate with setting up things for them to play with ever since Smokey got his neck wrapped around a speaker cord and almost hung himself one night. They're learning what's set up for them and what they aren't supposed to play with.

I did see in a magazine a tree that had the branches cut the first couple of feet and a smaller triangle of branches on the top half. It was like a topiary christmas tree. It'd be a good idea for keeping everything off ground level.

[AdoreMyDogs]

I've never gone without a tree, however, last year for the first time EVER, Boone knocked the tree over. Thankfully it was after Christmas (the day after) and we lost the Christmas lights (a bunch of them were shattered) and several of my special ornaments. The living room was full of tiny shards of glass everywhere. It was a real mess. The tree was not straight enough in the tree stand I don't think. We put it up too quickly. This year we were more careful.

I will post pictures later.

The only thing that is different since having a baby, is my ornaments are all up high. I can't have any ornaments down low until Quinn is older. Surprisingly enough, Quinn hasn't had any interest in the tree when the lights are on because she thinks they're "hot", so we keep the lights on all the time. She's cautious of lights after she touched the super hot lightbulb of a lamp I had up during pumpkin carving. She points to the tree several times and says, "a tree" and then says "hot". I just tell her it's hot to keep her away from it. It's been up and undisturbed for 4 days now!

[kt_luvs_kitties]

Adore my dogs, have you tired anchoring it? That way, it just cant get knocked over! It is super easy, and only takes about 5 minutes!

[AdoreMyDogs]

Adore my dogs, have you tired anchoring it? That way, it just cant get knocked over! It is super easy, and only takes about 5 minutes!

How does one anchor a real tree? It seems to be much sturdier then last year and we hope, because we left a small gap between the window and the tree, Boone won't knock it down again.

Here's the tree before we finished putting the decorations on. It's a little big for our tiny living room, but it was a good price and it was so pretty.

[chocolatepuppy]

I've always had a tree up, until a few years ago I had live ones. The first year I had Sassy she took every single ornament off while I was at work and I flung them back on when I got home. She also pulled lights right out of the socket! Since then the cats only lay under it. My only other problem was Layla laying under the tree and when she stood up, this happened...

[Medusa]

I've always had a tree up, until a few years ago I had live ones. The first year I had Sassy she took every single ornament off while I was at work and I flung them back on when I got home. She also pulled lights right out of the socket! Since then the cats only lay under it. My only other problem was Layla laying under the tree and when she stood up, this happened...

Yep, there it is. Only in my house the ornaments would get broken and I was afraid that little paws would get cut, especially while I was at work.

[chocolatepuppy]

Yep, there it is. Only in my house the ornaments would get broken and I was afraid that little paws would get cut, especially while I was at work.

None of my ornaments are breakable. I might also add, my tree is up and I'm going to add the ornaments tonight. Last year Jake was 2- 2 1/2 months old at Christmas. I may have to edit this later.

[Alysser]

We have always put a tree up although ours is fake haha. My pets have never bothered much with it, EXCEPT the maltie. Holy crap, she once tugged one ornament and the entire tree came down on top of her. Picture a 7 year old shaking presents under the tree and an annoying white fluffbutt knocking the tree down the opposite way! My mom still says I had something to do with it.. She NEVER touched ornaments again lol. Her new thing? Peeing on the tree skirt, how lovely.

[mustlovedogs]

Ours just recently went up

I'm not too worried about Ellie, she's usually pretty good with the tree. It just makes me excited for Christmas!!

Merry (early ) Christmas, Everyone!

[Nomilynn]

I can't imagine not having a tree! Mine has been up since the 29th of November.. Tilly and Nutmeg both like to sniff at the bottom branches, and Nutmeg likes to chew them. I sprayed all the bottom branches with some stuff called "Bitter Yuck" and now Nutmeg only chews the tree when she is trying to get attention. I just use the water bottle and squirt her, and she runs away

Tilly just LOVES the ceramic Santa I put under the tree for decoration.. not sure why.. she's just a weirdo!!