‘Twas the Night Before Christmas: Catster Style!
‘Twas the night before Christmas and all across Catster
Not a kitty was stirring, not even a ratster.
The Olde Furts were nappin’, the Strollers were parked.
Every pee spot was sniffed out and thoroughly marked.
But at Catster HQ, there arose such a clatter,
TR sprang from his desk to see what was the matter.
He ran to the window and looked through the fog,
And he mumbled in wonder, “Fur the love of dog!”
For the moonlight revealed thru the fog’s gentle glow
A brilliant green blimp with the Catster logo.
It circled the block and set down on the street –
Expertly maneuvered at Ted Rheingold’s feet.
TR squinted to see who was at the controls –
‘Twas an elfin albino with ears like a troll’s.
“Could it be?” he was wondering, when doubt was erased:
Skeezix shouted, “Hop in Ted! We’ve no time to waste!”
“We’re gonna spread cheer on this Christmas Eve night,
And we won’t come back home till the dawn’s early light.
I hope you like eggnog; I’ve stocked up the bar,
And this baby’s got turbo: we’ll fly pretty far!”
TR stopped for a moment to tweet all his plans,
Then he jumped in the front seat and shook Skeezy’s hand.
Skeezix gave him a green hat and t-neck to wear
And watched as he dressed without messing his hair.
Skeezix said, “We’ll give presents to all of our members,
But be careful with chimneys: remember the embers.
Cuz unless you have panties that won’t catch on fire
The front door’s a much safer entry by far.”
So the green Catster blimp stopped at every cat’s house,
Each got zealies or catnip or even a mouse.
They stopped at the shelters and brought those cats cheer –
In the form of 9Lives and some catnip reindeer.
They fed all the ferals, and preached about neutering
Although most alley cats don’t care much for that tutoring.
They had scant little time, and they had to be quick,
Skeezix pressed on the turbo and shifted the stick.
They stopped in Long Island to reprimand Jeter
For staying outside in the snow with no heater.
“Joba’s hoo hahs are gone; there’s no need to rebel
Git yer booty back home — yer mom’s worried like hell!*”
Once they hit the East Coast they flew over the pond
To see all the Brit cats, and French, and beyond.
They headed toward daybreak, to Chad and Taiwan
And to Sidney and Christchurch — they flew on and on.
Catster Blimp tracking courtesy of NORAD
It was long into Christmas when their work was complete.
Skeezix pulled up to HQ and parked on the street.
“Thank you, boss,” he said warmly, “for inventing the site,
That makes cats worldwide happy — adios and good night!”
* Yes, this is a werd on my bad werd list, but it was the only one I could find that rimed, and Jeter’s mom reelly is werried like H-E-double hockey stiks.
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And to all a goodnight! Thank you TR for Catster, and Skeezix for keeping us all smiling! And to Jeter – please make us all happy for Christmas/Hanukkah and get your furry behind in the house!
hahaha, we luved this! And TGTR can get dressed without messing up his hare!?!? Wooooweee!!
This is the best post ever…and yoove had somewonderful ones!
Merry Christmas, Skeezix, The Fud Lady and the Grate Ted R.!!! (and mao, snuzzy, trip, mr. TV, Rocky, mr. Tinydik….Merry Christmas to ALL!!!!!)
Mr. TF, not TV. Darn auto correct…yoo all know what we meant! And Jeter, we agree yoo should get yer booty home whare it belongs!!
Skeezix, you outdoed yourself with this one! Thank you for The Cat’s Meow. Thank you, TopCat Ted, for Catster.
Jeter, this Olde Furt (#51 to you) would nap a whole lot better if you were safe and warm inside your house.
Happy Holidays!! …and to all a good NAP!
Whoa, doood…that was most awesome!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Way to go!!
We love CATSTER!!!
Merry Christmas efferyone and good night!!
smiles and grins and purrs and tears.
and a blimp.
thanks for the best Christmas poem EVER, skeezy.
merry christmas to all and to all a good night!
xoxo tailer
Meowry Catmas to All!!!!!!!!!
This was just awesome! Thank you Skeez & TR!
And it proved to my Dad I was NOT Seeing things last night when the Catster Blimp flew over our house!!!!!!!!!
Merry Christmas Skeezix and family, Bosco your good pal.
OMC! That is the best! I’ll be Skeez’s Catmas Santa ANYDAY!
Purry Kiss Mouse to all!
What a beautiful and fun poem, Skeezix!
May everyone have a warm home and a bountiful dinner and a comfy lap (or more) to nestle in.
And many blessings to everyone who cares for kitties and dogs and every other kind of animal in need!
Prrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Hattie
Love the poem!!! We wish all of you a very Merry Christmas!
But you guys forgot to stop and light the Menorah!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Catster is a miracle!
Love the poem Skeezix. We wish you all a Meowy Catmas from down here, (in New Zealand). We hope all furs and hoomans are warm, and happy. Purrs Mr D, Sam, Raza and Balty
Wow, Skeezix! We had no idea you were the elfin albino! We can’t believe we did not put two and too toogether!
What a great poem! We’re very impressed, and we hope that Jeter listens to you and comes home! Thanks to all at Catster HQ for making a great place for us kitties to meet on the web!
Purrs
Gypsy & Tasha
Dear Skeezix,
You are a multi-talented cat.
I laughed and laughed my way through your poem.
Merry Christmas to you and yours … and to all those great folks in the Catster organization.
You make life great for us all!
(Now what will you do for New Years?)
Love–Mickey
Bravo! Bravo! That was exciting and fun.
ps: is it very hard to drive a blimp?
Wow, what a fun poem! You sure are multi-talented, Skeez. And in this case, you will undoubtedly be forgiven for using one of the words on your bad list. We all have our paws crossed for Jeter to be safe and well — and come home!
We hope you had a wonderful Christmas!
That is a great poem Skeezix. We hope you all had a lovely Chris Mouse.
That was amazin’! You’ve definitely got a way with words, Skeezy, and your spellin’ has really improved!
We hope you and the Boys had a Grate Christmas!!
Skeezix! That was a truly splendid poem ’bout your adventure with Ted Rheingold. I’m glad that you had such a good time. Those fireworks over south San Diego didn’t harm the blimp, did they?
DMM
Skeezix that was a cool as heck poem! You are so talented!! Merry belated Christmas to all the gang at Catster! We love the site!
Your FL furiends,
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Catzowey Skeez – I’m late in reading this cuz I was working at Santa’s workshop all week, way up at the North Pole! My paws and me jist returned and wanna say you’re fabucat for picking up our meowvalous TR in the great green blimp! You guys are fantasticat!
You did a great job, Skeez!
Purrfect poem, Skeezy! WTG!
pawesomely written an’ illustrated! best one we read all catsmas!!
FURTASTIC!