KAEDE AND FREDDY TALK ABOUT CHRISTMAS

 Freddy here.....our people, who are very nice by the way, do a very strange thing every year. They do it when there is snow on the ground and it's very, very cold outside. I know you probably won't believe this but they put a tree in the house. Honestly, a tree. Right in the house. No kidding. Have you ever heard of such a thing. And, I'm not allowed to pee on it. Look, look. Just below. There it is. That's the tree and that's our man watching Kaede kiss me.

Here I am. It's me, Kaede. Over to the right. If you think I'm not looking too happy you would be right. First of all they put a silly looking table napkin around my neck and pretend it's a very cool accessory. Not! It's a table napkin. Then they make me sit for hours and hours and hours while they try to take my picture wearing this ridiculous thingy. And they wonder why I look away every time that bright light goes off in my face. Ha ha - it's pretty funny really. I look away but Freddy. You won't believe what he does. Freddy.....well it's a bit embarrassing but I'll tell you. Freddy..just before the bright light goes of he.....well....he....ha ha ha...turns his head......looks down......and.....licks himself. Yup. And you know where he licks himself.....right? I think it's pretty funny. Then our lady sighs. She mumbles a bit and guess what? We're in another position. Then, you guessed it, right before the light goes off again, I decide to lay down and Freddy turns his head, looks down and, slurp, slurp, slurp has a little lick.

The pictures you are looking at on here took ages and ages. Freddy and I look pretty good considering we were bored senseless.
                                                                        

It's me again, Freddy. So, let me finish about this tree they put up in the house that I'm not allowed to pee on. Well, this is even more weird. They hang things on it. Not things like you'd see outside in a tree. No real squirrels that we could chase. No real birds that we could chase. Not anything that you see outside. Nope. They put balls on it. Yup, you heard right. Balls. And fake red flowers. And little hangy thingys. Then when they finish with that they put things under there. They put boxes that they decorate with paper. Oh, I almost forgot. They hide things in the box first. Then they decorate it with paper. It's almost scary. Then little things begin to appear all over the house. And, like Kaede already told you, the darned red napkins. I lose mine a lot but my people have a drawer full. I lose one. She finds one. I lose another one. She finds another one. People come over every day. They bring more paper covered boxes and we have to be good. We aren't allowed to sniff the boxes. We have to sit quietly wearing our table napkins. 

Finally it's all over. Thank doggie God. One morning it's just me and Kaede and our people. We sit in the room where the tree is and the paper covered boxes are opened. Inside there are what they call 'presents'. They seemed to like it. I kind of slept through most of it. Then, suddenly, out of nowhere. They give something to me. And then Kaede. We have Presents!! Our presents are hidden in a sock. Imagine that. A sock. It's a big sock. Mine is red. Kaede has a green one. Anyway, they hide something in the sock for us. They are called treats. I really like treats. Treats are one of my favourite things. They come in all sizes and they all taste so good. I have to 'perform' for my treats but I am happy to perform. I'll even perform in my red table napkin if I get a treat.

Hi again. It's me Kaede. Now you know the secret. It's the treats. That's what we're looking at. We're looking at the treats. If we sit there and stare at the treats it makes our lady and her flash very, very happy.

Until next time, good-bye from me, Kaede. And goodbye from me, Freddy, (the licker hee hee hee hee hee)