We only have a small spruce tree in a pot that comes inside at Christmas, but the cats manage to distribute an impressive amount of debris around the house from one little tree!

Jasmine says it's so much fun digging in the soil and then trotting through the house with dirty paws.



If you have a large tree, make sure it's securely anchored or fastened so it can't fall over. I'd keep glass ornaments near the top of the tree, or off completely - it's not so much if the cats step on them, it's more likely that the ornaments will fall off and smash on the floor when the cats are rustling in the branches.

Our cats love the string of red balls you can just see in the picture - it's like a big, rattly snake toy that sounds wonderful being dragged across the tiles at 3am They also love tinsel: swinging from it while it's on the tree, trying to pull the tree over by yanking on the tinsel, playing tug of war with the tinsel so it drops tiny tinsel bits all over the house and it takes until March to clean it up ... I love Christmas!