![Mike Wazowski's polka dot stocking next to Cosmo's toy-stuffed red bone-shaped stocking](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1qK9rA0pKHC9OFn2GZHja0FYPUJGZi3C3K_dwHTb7ROoqZxKRfjvcQA21CR7yCLY1p8e0ljdARVQslkEYYKzBUjr1ScxchAl_XXpDfQGb0Tgjg2SqYF98NA3ZdSqtvznX23T4xlXyRFE/s400/20161222_Critter+Christmas+%25282%2529.jpg)
![Starbuck's green toy-stuffed stocking next to Cali's cat-face stocking](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjp_uneiAwtLis_4esldxlhFwTyWNDXWpjq8Ff_aN_4a6lgEWzcNgKRyTtzRgz1yQYX8idFkz-FHQwkqhjnOFv0FISLNz1ShLTMPSTcVNwcJAlPkFVp2QHDzdhilF0fkWGjtVgrwv-4hw/s400/20161222_Critter+Christmas+%25281%2529.jpg)
It's a good thing pets don't understand stockings. Or presents. Or Christmas, really. Because PeeWee's gift doesn't come close to fitting in his stocking.
![PeeWee's green stocking resting on a cat bed](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1h0NPT29Rz7g3SW0b4iSoYvWpOcnoKaH3D_jlWymKCXvX6heV1npdLbXgcmT1q4Sc-7lEtSQTqX1ME9rS39EQetl1rEOji29zPZAs0AmiXX7w6f1ilzdYJeMk__TcVqm5TImCakUBmtg/s400/20161222_Critter+Christmas+%25283%2529.jpg)
Our critter Christmas wouldn't be complete without Goofy and Boo gracing our tree.
![a circular ornament with Goofy's picture on it](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJkl-j3o2N0pVusAFuSzQZUKOGVrxgRVZdI-3CyxAFrnAQcNjczrs9JjrQ1Xz6pj80ONuin_HjGqlKUakfFT2M56YBtnL41zb0ZxknBYy-q3hgB919n9ITBH1aLWVG1uV0ezTzMHuYwuk/s400/20161222_Critter+Christmas+%25284%2529.jpg)
![a circular ornament with Boo's picture on it](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisiUbmTmcnSTWLeB89NGt8-V-RrPk6NXfVCOFGv5f2qeRWdqz2fP8wDtfxn6k2ESlfsKcmZjsUp83weP8XvfHn3rtBcH7wRKoHnzwSplk4onjsIrt3gfAjfpHHGaVELS0efdkrPpi47nw/s400/20161222_Critter+Christmas+%25285%2529.jpg)
Overall - especially considering the last few weeks with Cosmo's injury and surgery and Mike's continued decline - I'm very thankful to have added stockings rather than ornaments this year.
Happiest of holidays from all of us to you and yours.