Above 3 portraits (& 'candy cane' frame) from (I included this image in a tuxedo cat Xmas card for Christmas '01, to remind everyone that this was my 1st Xmas without Cleo...)
Beau in '93
Interesting frame from Target.
The Picture People portrait studios in Glendale & Scottsdale, Arizona
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"All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The Lord God made them all."
--Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-1895
"It's Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air."
--W.T. Ellis
"The is the message of Christmas: We are never alone."
--Taylor Caldwell
"Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling."
--Edna Ferber
"When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things--not the great occasions--give off the greatest glow of happiness."
--Bob Hope
"One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don't clean it up too quickly."
--Andy Rooney
"What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future."
--Agnes M. Pahro
"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful."
--Norman Vincent Peale
"At Christmas, all roads lead home."
--Marjorie Holmes
"Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas."
--Peg Bracken
"The most vivid memories of Christmases past are usually not of gifts given or received, but of the spirit of love, the special warmth of Christmas worship, the cherished little habits of the home."
--Louis Rand
"The rest of all gifts around any Christmas tree is the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other."
--Burton Hillis
"There's more, much more, to Christmas than candlelight and cheer; it's the spirit of sweet friendship that brightens all year."
--anonymous
"The magic of Christmas never ends, and its greatest gifts are family and friends."
--anonymous
"Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends."
--Margaret Thatcher
"Christmas...is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas."
--Dale Evans Rogers
"There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child."
--Erma Bombeck
"I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph."
--Shirley Temple
"It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child himself."
--Charles Dickens
"Dear Editor:
I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, 'If you see it in The Sun, it's so.' Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?"
--Virginia O'Hanlon, 1897, New York
"Who delivers Christmas gifts to cats?"
Santa Paws!
"What do snowmen wear on their heads?"
Ice caps!
"How do snowmen get from place to place?"
By icicle!
"Who delivers presents to baby sharks at Christmas?"
Santa Jaws!
"Why does Father Christmas like to work in the garden?"
Because he likes to hoe, hoe, hoe!
"Why is a cat on a beach like Christmas?"
Because they both have Sandy Claws!
"What happens if you eat the Christmas decorations?"
You get tinselitis.
"What do monkeys sing at Christmas?"
Jungle bells, jungle bells...
"What did Adam say on the day before Christmas?"
It's Christmas, Eve.
"What happens to you at Christmas?"
Yule be happy!
My "Cat Dog Carolers" compilation...come sing along!
My "Xmas Tails" compilation...come read together!
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