A New Friday Feature!!
Oh Dog! I have a big announcement and I am SO excited!
The holidays are coming!
Now I know what you US readers are thinking- “But Rumpy, Thanksgiving isn’t here yet!” I know, but I am so excited!
So to share the excitement, we’re going to talk Christmas on Fridays! And you can help!
How?
Send me your letters to Santa and I’ll publish them here!
Now with all due respect, please save the tear-jerker letters. We’d ALL like for all animals to have a forever home and world peace and all that. But let’s face it, there’s PLENTY of places to get your fix for emotional overload in the world, especially this time of year.
I simply want to create a space where we can be happy and enjoy the holidays without expectations or feelings of dread or that our celebration just “isn’t quite good enough.”
And because this is an inclusive blog (and it’s MY blog so I can be if I want to!), we’d also like to learn about other holiday celebrations. So if you want to write a piece about celebrations in your culture, we’d love to hear about it.
Speaking of Celebrations, the Santa Paws Drive has chosen the recipients of its Holiday Toy Drive for this year! To find out the winners, click HERE to visit their website.
They are now accepting donations of cat toys, dog toys, and cash! How cool is that! For info on how to donate, click HERE.
And be sure to check out their blog for some profiles of the agencies they’re supporting this year.
So, funny, sincere or downright silly, send your letters to Santa c/o Rumpy T. Drummond at rumparoni@gmail.com. I can promise you Santa will see them. Why? Well, I can’t reveal my source just yet, but trust me on this one!
Ho Ho Ho!!!!
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November 4, 2011 at 1:53 AM
Hooray! That’s a good idea! I’d love to write a letter to Santa! because I’ve never done it before, so sounds very excited! and I’d like to tell you our holidays, too! Woo woo!!!
November 4, 2011 at 6:17 AM
I would love to hear of holiday celebrations in Japan for this time of year!
November 4, 2011 at 2:44 AM
Rumpy Claus? I like it!
Have a nice weekend
November 4, 2011 at 6:17 AM
instead of Ho! Ho! Ho! I say woo woo woo!
November 4, 2011 at 5:16 AM
Sounds great, Rumpy! Can’t wait to read all the letters to Santa.
November 4, 2011 at 6:18 AM
Is Loup gonna write one?
November 4, 2011 at 5:52 AM
Love this! Now, there’s another reason to look forward to Fridays!
November 4, 2011 at 6:18 AM
Yay!!!! I hope Santa gets lots of great letters!
November 4, 2011 at 7:32 AM
I need to have a chat with Bruno and Jigger.
Great idea, Rumpy!
November 4, 2011 at 7:39 AM
Great! I can’t wait to read their letter!
November 4, 2011 at 8:33 AM
Don’t forget Chanukah Charlie!
(hint, hint!)
Chanukah falls with Christmas this year…just sayin’
xoxoxo
November 4, 2011 at 8:50 AM
Of course! Like I said, I wanna be inclusive. But I will need advice on how to do so. So thanks for speaking up!!!! Now, how do we do this?
November 5, 2011 at 11:23 AM
Easy! The fur babies can write to their “gift giver” of choice! Santa, Chanukah Charlie or whomever!
Doesn’t matter what we all believe in, just that we all share in the spirit and magic of the holiday season!
November 4, 2011 at 8:38 AM
What a grrrrreat Idea Rumpy… I love Santa Paws… he always brings me super stuffs…
November 4, 2011 at 8:51 AM
I know! Me too! This year I want another elk antler that I DON’T have to share with DeDe!
November 4, 2011 at 9:45 AM
Hi Rumpy! I can see why you are excited…this is a great idea!! I will have to get started on my wish list right away. Have a great weekend!
Love,
Payton
November 4, 2011 at 1:11 PM
Good idea Payton! You’ll want to make sure you ask for everything you want!
November 4, 2011 at 9:47 AM
If you have fur, a tail or paws,
Big ears, a snout or even jaws,
Sit down and then,
Pick up a pen,
And write a note to Santa Claus.
November 4, 2011 at 1:10 PM
Oh Dog! That is fantastic Bigfoot! You got it going on!
Will you write your letter to Santa in limerick form?
November 4, 2011 at 10:41 AM
What a great idea!
Stop on by for a visit
Kari
http://dogisgodinreverse.com
November 4, 2011 at 1:10 PM
Thanks! Will do! Planning to catch up on my visits this weekend.
November 4, 2011 at 11:18 AM
And Our Lady of Guadalupe celebration Dec 12? (Dec is great! Parties and treats for everyone!)
November 4, 2011 at 1:09 PM
Woo woo woo! We can have LOTS of celebrations!
November 4, 2011 at 12:18 PM
Great idea Rumpy. We celebrate Christmas on 7 January here in the Republic of Georgia. I will send you something about that
November 4, 2011 at 1:09 PM
Fantastic! Thanks Bassa!
November 4, 2011 at 2:51 PM
Santa brings me presents, but I’ve never written a letter to him before. This could be fun. -Bongo
November 4, 2011 at 3:12 PM
Scratchy could too!!!
November 4, 2011 at 4:48 PM
Am I the only one that looked at the picture and went *melt* *melt*. What a gorgeous doggy and lovely kitty next to each other. I just love the look on Rumpy’s face
And I am so writing a letter to Sandy Paws this year.
November 4, 2011 at 5:28 PM
*blush* thanks so much!!! And June Buggie says Meow!
November 4, 2011 at 8:08 PM
that sounds like fun. Good idea.
November 4, 2011 at 8:24 PM
Thanks! You guys gonna write one?
November 4, 2011 at 8:16 PM
You are so cool, wish you were in my town, oh thats right I don’t have a town, then i wish you were in my barn!! TonTon..
November 4, 2011 at 8:23 PM
I would, but it would be a long drive to daycare.
November 4, 2011 at 10:20 PM
Fun idea, but wow, it seems early.
Joyce
http://joycelansky.blogspot.com
November 4, 2011 at 10:29 PM
Maybe for you, but not for me!!!!
November 5, 2011 at 4:09 AM
What a fantastic idea, we love it–especially the bit about being able to enjoy the holidays without the dreaded expectations.
Thanks for visiting our “test” blog — lol! The mom thought she set it up so only she could see it. Silly mom. Our real blog is at http://keas-fur-family.blogspot.com.
November 5, 2011 at 5:18 AM
I will visit there too! Woo woo woo!
November 5, 2011 at 8:26 AM
Great idea Rumpy – I look forward to this series and am glad you are going to keep it on a more light-hearted and inspirational track!!
November 5, 2011 at 9:40 AM
Thanks! If ya wanna feel sad go watch a Humane Society ad. Personally I’m tired of people making me sad to try to take my
Money.
November 5, 2011 at 9:45 AM
Love, love, love the idea!!! We love Christmas and the holiday season. This should be fun!
November 5, 2011 at 10:20 AM
I do too! I just don’t like the emotional baggage some try to tie to it. We’re gonna have a drama-free holiday zone here.
November 5, 2011 at 10:51 AM
Very very cute idea
November 5, 2011 at 11:06 AM
Thanks!!!
November 5, 2011 at 11:44 AM
Thank you for visiting our blog! We highly approve of your sleeping pose in the background. We often select to rest this way ourselves. It’s comfy, isn’t it?
Terrific idea for the holidays, btw!
November 5, 2011 at 12:43 PM
Thanks! I enjoyed visiting your site!
November 5, 2011 at 2:59 PM
Great idea. I see Santa as non-denominational gift-giver.
November 5, 2011 at 7:54 PM
Every body welcome. We’ll even join in a skunk scentsation- from a distance!
November 5, 2011 at 3:30 PM
I can’t wait to read them
November 5, 2011 at 7:51 PM
Me too!!! I am so excited!
November 5, 2011 at 4:05 PM
Rumpy, that is such a good idea. We will all get together and compose our letters to Santa. There are a lot of us here so we should be able to write a lot of letters. This will be great fun. Have a great week end.
November 5, 2011 at 7:51 PM
Yay!!!! Can’t wait to read them!
November 5, 2011 at 5:53 PM
Good idea. I’m new to this blog. Is the letter from a person or a pet?
November 5, 2011 at 7:50 PM
I don’t discriminate against humans! Write away!
November 5, 2011 at 9:47 PM
What a cool idea. I’ll see if the pack can’t collectively write a letter to Santa Paws.
Their list is really long.
November 5, 2011 at 11:57 PM
That’s just cuz dogs KNOW they’re good all year long!
November 5, 2011 at 11:35 PM
You can count on hearing from me very soon.
November 5, 2011 at 11:55 PM
Cool!!!!
November 5, 2011 at 11:47 PM
RumpyDog Woof, u r quite the dogmanatarian to encourage letters from dogs & cats of all filossefees to write to u, not just those who celebrate XMAS. I appaws u for that, seeriouslee. I had a Holiday Dog Boutique recently featuring XMAs, Chanukah, New Years & Kwanza. Awoooooooooooooo. Dogs & hoomans like that. And I like you Rumpster! BOL
November 5, 2011 at 11:55 PM
I like you guys too! woo woo woo!
November 6, 2011 at 1:39 AM
ho ho ho! letters to Santa? cute!
November 6, 2011 at 2:32 AM
Oh okay… that should be interesting to do…
November 6, 2011 at 7:22 AM
Wow! I told the four cats about the letters to Santa and they all seem very excited. I’m pretty sure there’ll be catnip mentioned in at least of couple of them.
November 6, 2011 at 12:32 PM
Great! Looking forward to their letters!
November 6, 2011 at 6:37 PM
What a fantastic idea! I’m working on my letter right now! Ruff!
(mom’s quite annoyed with my excitement because she doesn’t like to hear the C word until December 1st)
November 7, 2011 at 5:40 AM
I can’t wait to read it!
November 8, 2011 at 10:47 AM
Yeah Yeah Yeah!….I’s so excited…I’m gonna work on my Santa list next weekend. Do you have a lot of ink in your printer cause mine is gonna be super long. Woofs and Winks
November 9, 2011 at 9:01 PM
Great idea … now I can hop this way on Fridays
Thanks for checking out my blog, Jen. Lets stay connected 
November 27, 2011 at 2:48 PM
This is a great idea, RumpyDog – and it’s just as well you gave the warning or you WOULD be getting all those tearjerker letters.
Gosh I love photos of you, dog, and the gorgeous orange cat. Absolutely home-making. This is a great page.