A Hot Chocolate Hug of 27 Wholesome Cat Memes to Fight Off the Cold

Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor

Oct 30, 2026 10:15 AM EDT

A warm hug full of cats is the purrfect antidote to the cold weather outside.

It's officially the season of wearing ten layers of clothing indoors, wrapping ourselves in blankets like purritos and questioning why we ever thought leaving the house was a good idea. The cold is real, friends, and while we'd love to spend the entire winter cuddling with our cats, our feline overlords don't always cooperate. Sometimes they want cuddles, sometimes they want to sit three feet away from us, and sometimes they steal the warm spot on the couch the second we get up, and you know they do not give it up once they have it. Such is life with cats. We say that from our purrsonal expurrt knowledge. Of course, we wouldn't trade it for the world, especially when their the little smooshed faces they make when they stick their face into a blanket make even the coldest days feel a whole lot warmer.

Unfortunately, our cats are not always available for cuddles. We cannot, no matter how much we want to, bring them to work. But what we can bring with us are wholesome cat memes, and if you're anything like us, then these cat memes are going to warm your heart nearly as well as a fresh mug of hot chocolate. They will make you forget about the freezing temperatures outside for a couple moments. And at the very least, they are going to make getting out of bed a little bit easier.

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01
He's a student, it was the only right thing to do

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02
Uh... Pspspsp???

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03
The things that we do for our cats... no wonder people think we're crazy

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04
That's one hipster that we would accept into our squad

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05
Haha. Funny. Cats can't read!

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06
You better be out of bed and fulfilling your duties quickly. Otherwise... you're doomed.

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07
This is what our cats dream they could do to the world. Meanwhile, the only thing they can do is meow

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08
At least they are keeping the streets clean

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09
Not gonna lie, if we saw this cute kitten coming at us, we would be caught during a police chase too. Because we'd stop to pet.

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10
And you're taking unsolicited pictures. SMH, unbelievable.

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11
One day, when we're old, we expect a mug like this of each and every one of the family cats

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12
He hated being there just as much as we did

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13
That pillow is loved

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14
Don't want to get in in the first place, don't want to get out after we're in

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15
Better than any movie date

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16
Nooooo kitten, what did they do to you!?

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17
Too smol for this world

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18
And he'll do it again

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19
We'd adopt both of them

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20
And we keep buying them stuff anyway. When will we ever learn?

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21
Art imitates life

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22
And we have never wanted purrsonal space from them anyway

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23
Still the exact same blank expression lol, we love her

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24
Whatever makes him happy makes us happy too

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25
Hey, they are finally doing it, and we're not going to complain about it

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26
Ugh, we wish cool things just didn't cost moneys

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27
He was a sphynx in a past life, and he feels it

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