Pets at Christmas

I had told the pets they would like Christmas.  I opened some of their presents this morning.   Blitz received some crinkle fish.  They are cylindrical, make a crinkle sound when grabbed, and have some catnip on them.  I threw one out on the floor for her to play with but as soon as she showed an interest in it Whip sauntered over, grabbed the fish and went over to a spot she could curl up with it.   She was a real 'dog in the manger'.  Dunder got a little fuzzy bird.  When a cat bats at it the little birds waves it's wings, moves along the floor, and makes a chirping sound.  It does that for awhile and then stops until the cat bats at it again and the routine starts up. .  Blitz played w/ that until both she and Dunder became more interested in checking out bits of wrapping paper and empty boxes.  Whip got a soft stump filled w/ little chipmunks that squeak when chomped on.  There are little squirrels strewn all over the house and Dunder is asleep in the now empty stump.  I tied some of the wrapping ribbons to Whip's harness.  When she walked past a cat would pounce after her.  Me ... Every meal was leftovers from last night and in between I made a dent in the Christmas cookies while watching White Christmas and playing w/ the pets.   Tomorrow will be soon enough to start picking up.