My husband and I have been married for a little over three years. Our first Christmas, we only had Saphirah. We had a real tree that year, and our biggest problem was that she thought the tree stand was a water dish. She is one of those cats who dips her paw into the water and licks it off. When she was finished drinking, she would sling her paw to dry it off. The next year, we bought an artificial tree. We also added Chloe to our family. Chloe is a tree climber. Both Saphirah and Chloe are fond of any kind of crocheted or fabric ornament. (We have found those in strange places, often well after Christmas. ) So far (fingers crossed), they haven't been too rough on the breakable ornaments. They are also quite fond of bows on gift packages. This will be our first Christmas with Samson, so we'll have to wait and see how things turn out.