While we frantically wrap last-minute gifts and bake cookies for Santa, our furry friends also like to play a role in the holiday festivities. Like that cat who insists on batting at the tinsel on the Christmas tree, causing more than a few ornaments to come crashing to the ground. Or the dog who gets a little too excited about the dinner table and keeps begging for food.
But at the end of the day, our companions are just happy to be included in the celebration. And it wouldn't be the same without them. So as a thank you, we at Bored Panda put together a collection of funny and heartwarming pictures that show what this joyous occasion really looks like when you have pets. Here's to them making every moment a little more special and a lot more fun.
When you're done scrolling through the publication, check out last year's version here.
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Our 1st Christmas Together And Our 15th Christmas Together
My Cat And My Tree Are Both Plugged In And Ready For Christmas
Happy Cat
We Got The Cat A Cardboard Scratchy Taco Truck For Christmas. I Think She Likes It
Left The Patio Door Open Briefly For Some Fresh Air. Shortly After, I Heard Some Rustling Behind The Christmas Tree... I Don't Have A Cat
You do now. The cat has adopted you. That's how we got our cat. It started hanging around our house as a kitten. We asked all our neighbors if they knew anyone who was missing a kitten and everyone said no so we took him in and fed him and yeah
Cat Christmas Tree Portrait
My Paraplegic Kitten’s Reaction To Seeing Her First Christmas Tree
If Your Presents Arrived Late, It’s Because Santa’s Helpers Are A Little Slower Than Normal
My 12-Year-Old Girl Accidentally Picked Up One Of The Stars From Our Christmas Decorations When She Was Sniffing For Crumbs
Best Christmas Gift
It’s Gonna Be His First Christmas
I Made Christmas Ornaments Of My 3 Cats
Found This Festive Little Guy On My Outside Christmas Tree
Christmas Thief
Took My Dogs To Take Their Yearly Christmas Photos. It's Really Hard When You Have One Super Photogenic Dog And One Dog Having An Existential Crisis
We Just Put The Tree Up, And This Little Monster Climbed Into It
My Udon Noodle Wishes You A Pleasant Christmas Eve
They call them nope ropes, but how can you say nope to that face?
Came Home To Find This. Not Sure How Long She Was In There, But She Was Pretty Content To Stay In There
Meet The New Addition To The Family, Chester. He Makes A Wonderful Christmas Tree Decoration
Merry Christmas From The Head Tilt Triplets
This Will Forever Be My Favorite Picture Of Her. She Loves Christmas
Man, the difference between a British Short Hair and an European Short Hair is absurd.
Presenting My Cat With Her Christmas Present
He Doesn’t Attack The Tree Or Try To Knock It Down
Nerien And His Christmas Cookie
I've Just Learned This Is An Issue For Cat Owners Over Christmas
One Happy Dogo
Cats And Glass Ornaments Don't Mix
Alfons Showing His Coconut Flake Stash While Practicing For The Christmas Photos
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
She Got What She Wanted For Christmas
Merry Christmas From A 17-Year-Old Walter
Treat Every Day Like Christmas
There Are 2 Cats In This Picture
I see no cat. It is now a temporary tree spirit that demands treats and pets.
I Took My Pet Ducks To Mind Games (They Love Browsing Stores). They Stopped And Stared At This Toy For Several Minutes. I Think I Know What They Want For Christmas
My Boyfriend And I Noticed A New Ornament In The Tree
My Mom Got Our Cat, Sardine, A Fancy Cat Bed For Christmas. She Loves It
Boxes are cat traps. Even a square/rectangle shape drawn on the ground is a cat trap
My Parents' Cat Interrupted Board Games Over Christmas. He Just Likes To Be Involved
It Is A Giant Play Toy
Ready To Help Santa Paws. I Don’t Know About The Naughty/Nice List, But I’m Certainly On The "Trying My Best" List
Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree
My Blind 18-Year-Old Dog Clearly Loves The New Christmas Lights
Ornament Installer
My Coworker's Dog Does Not Like The Annual Christmas Photo
Wiped Out From Opening Presents
Just once I’d love to have a Christmas with the same weather as these people. ☀️🌵🎍🪨
How Cute Are These Two?
My GF Setup The Christmas Tree. It’s Our Cats First Christmas
Aww <3 cute. Just please make sure not to leave your cats alone around christmas trees with string lights. Sometimes they can get wrapped up in them and seriously injured.
Ciri Has Absolutely No Idea Who Ate The Christmas Cookies While We Were Out Shopping. She’s So Mad She Can’t Even Look At The Plate
OK, the humans need to take some responsibility for not putting that plate where an unsupervised dog couldn't get at it.
Roscoe Took Christmas Decoration Duty Into His Own Hands (Paws) Last Night
Thought You All Would Appreciate My Pups' Christmas Photo
Note: this post originally had 124 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.
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