A Purrfectly Hilarious And Not Entirely Helpful Guide To Keeping Your Cat Out Of The Christmas Tree

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Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager
Nov 30, 2023 12:00 PM EST

Ah, Christmas time - the cold brisk air, some light dustings of snow, and the smell of a Christmas tree in your home! Well, that is, for some of us anyway. Everyone with a cat knows the struggle of putting up a Christmas tree because the cats just can't resist playing with this giant and shiny new toy in the living room! So, we're asking ourselves, how can we have both a beautiful, glimmering Christmas tree and cats at the same time? We scoured the internet to find answers to this very question, and the answers might surprise you!

Or they won't - because the most common answer we found was "don't put it up in the first place". Some people went as far as placing plexiglass around the tree, while others suggested getting the cat their own tree and letting them play on that one. If you find anything more helpful than this article, please let us know, as the great Christmas tree battle has already begun in our house!

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    Juxaplay 7 hr. ago I found keeping the tree disassembled in the box in the back of the closet worked the best.
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    Well, that's one way to make sure the tree never gets knocked over - never put it up in the first place. But surely there is a way to have both. Why can't we enjoy the love and company of our cats while also enjoying this very significant and amazing-smelling part of Christmas?

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    Az_woman 8 hr. ago . Hang it upside down from the ceiling
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    Can you imagine? Can you imagine the chaos that this would create? We might do it and set up a camera just to record all the crazy cat shenanigans that happen with the upside-down tree. We imagine cats launching themselves at the tree and swinging in the air like Miley Cyrus in 'Wrecking Ball'. It's purrfect.

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    Current-Low-79427 hr. ago Someone said tinfoil around it and I tested it...... He said yeah no
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    MarkRenting 9 hr. ago Might have to re-home your tree
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    Waterlilies1919. 3 hr. ago Lucy says no.
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    Waterlilies1919. 3 hr. ago And her sister Misty agrees.
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    Laughing_Man_Returns 9 hr. ago step one: there isn't
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    rva23221 6 hr. ago So you bring a tree in the house, put all these shiny. dangling things on it, then freak out if I go near it.... BARK ...this is why i drink, Karen.
    via u/rva23221
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    AcidicWindex 7 hr. ago Why are you trying to keep the cat out of THEIR Christmas tree in THEIR house? The cat owns everything after all.
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    CitiBaker 7 hr. ago I saw a post that showed placing tangerines around the tree kept their cats away.
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    citykitty24 3 hr. ago . A tree collar rather than a skirt works well with my cats! They go near it but not in it.
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    Kinnikinnicki. 4 hr. ago I'll be honest the cats are always in my trees (all five of them) before they are decorated. However, I've found that decorating the inside branches of the tree not only makes it look amazing but also makes their footing unstable/uncomfortable.
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    412painterswife. 5 hr. ago No comment
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    unsupported 6 hr. ago Everyone knows cats are scared of their natural predator, the cucumber.... So, a Christmas pickle?
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    Gammarae47 · 4 hr. ago . Oh sweet summer child
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    rue_mo_has_it. 4 hr. ago we just think of it as our cats loving the season just as much as we do
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    instafunkpunk. 7 hr. ago We've had trees toppled by an 8 lb cat who though he was a squirrel.
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    Catlover20107.4 hr. ago Thank goodness you're home, the tree attacked me!
    via u/Catlover20107
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    JudasEmeritus. 4 hr. ago The tree only lasted a day before the climbing began, CANT be mad at these two faces though lol. (Tree is in the box in the closet now)
    via u/JudasEmeritus
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    witchyswitchstitch. 6 hr. ago
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    jd3marco 5 hr. ago make sure she has her own cat tree. Decorate it with more toys. I hung some of them like ornaments. i blocked the 2nd level (from the bottom) of mine with a layer of cardboard, so the couldn't go up further. This seems to deter them. It also instills contempt in the cat heart.
    via u/jd3marco
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    Bad Karma19.5 hr. ago Still figuring it out.
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    . Nerdwrapper 3 hr. ago If you find out, let me know
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    SnooChickens 9974 6 hr. ago I've had cats for 30 years and have never once.had.one in the tree. The trick is the minute it goes up, you stop them approaching it. If they go near it at all, a firm NO or a water bottle can help discourage them. It never took more than a day for each of.my cats to learn to stay away from the tree.
    via u/SnooChickens9974
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    Unusual_Ad_638 · 10 hr. ago . I have a smaller tree for my kitty filled with bobbles and cat toys and I let her go rampage on it
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