If you haven’t sent out your Christmas cards yet here are six Cat Christmas cards to choose from that will help you spread a furry Christmas message to all your friends and family. Choose from these Cat Christmas card ideas featuring fun images and illustrations of Kittens and Cats in holiday settings or select from the many other Cat Christmas cards available on Amazon.

Cats Peeking Around Door - Boxed Holiday Cat Christmas Cards
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In the age of social media we’ve just added a social tool to the site called Friend Connect. We though it would be a great way to connect with the hundreds of people who visit the Band of Cats each day.

It’s free and takes only a couple of seconds to join. Just click the ‘Join This Site‘ button at the top of the right sidebar to get started. I’ve got the ball rolling and have already joined. Hope to see you there soon!

There are a few other tools that we’ll add soon that allow you to make comments and share them with others. We’ll have fun with what we have so far and continue to grow from there!

Welcome to Day 8 of our Christmas Cat Advent Calendar. Enjoy the Cat Christmas picture and cat treat. Click the orange image caption to order the cat treat online.

Blue Buffalo Spa Select Natural Cat Treats

Only 17 days before Christmas! Happy Holidays!

See all the days in the Cat Christmas Advent Calendar.

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There are some fantastic items for Cat Lovers available on the internet this year. As always, the cat makes a purr-fect theme for a variety of products from clocks to pillows. Cats don’t just get to have all the fun with the products available for them. There is just as many, if not more, fabulous items for all us Cat Lovers. Here is a joyus selection of gift ideas for Cat Lovers everywhere. Some of these are going on my list. These gifts would be wonderful to receive or give this holiday season.

We found all these great gift ideas at Amazon Cats and Chimpfeet. Be sure to visit these sites for more amazing gifts for cat lovers as there were just too many for us to list. Here are some of our favorites.

Tiffany Cats Art Glass Panel

This beautiful art glass panel makes a wonderful gift for any cat lover. The Tiffany Cats design is carefully painted by hand onto the glass panel to create a stunning piece which can be hung on a wall or window where the vibrant colors come alive.

Pets with Personality - NICKY

These adorable collectables have personalities all of their own! Nicky is the happiest cat that we’ve seen. Look at this smile. A grin on high beam.

Nicky is cast in ceramistone which presents a rich and lively looking surface combined with a density that gives an appropriate weighty feel. The intensely glossy finish is achieved by a unique low temperature glaze giving each piece instant visual appeal.

Nicky comes beautifully boxed, containing information on the artist, George Williams. Adored by both pet owners and collectors alike they make the perfect gift or collector’s piece.
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Homemade Christmas gifts are always a great idea. They’re fun to make, they really get you into the Christmas spirit and they make wonderfully memorable gifts. The best way to invent your own Cat Christmas craft or gift idea is to simply add a cat theme to all the items that surround us during the holidays. A few would be cookies or treats, gift tags, cards, card holders, boxes and bags, gift wrap, ornaments, lights, and wreaths.

We found most of these ideas using koncoction.com’s HowTo search engine. A great tool for finding how to do almost anything.

Here are 12 Cat Christmas craft and gift ideas that will make terrific gifts for your cat or for the cat lover in your life. If you’re time is limited this holiday season some of these ideas can become great projects to try anytime in the New Year.

Christmas Cat Card
This is a very unique Cat card you can make for the cat lover in your life that will look great on it’s own or with a gift. Once you have all the materials it looks like an fun easy craft to make this holiday season.

Cat Christmas Tree Ornaments
I’m sure you have a few Cat ornaments on your tree already. But if you don’t or you just can’t get enough of them then try these ornaments to add something fun and unique to your Christmas tree.
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Are you looking for something special to get your cat this Christmas? We are and it’s amazing how many terrific Christmas Gift ideas are available for Cats. Check out this list of fabulous cat gift ideas. Each item is a gem that any cat would love to see under the Christmas tree. There is a good assortment of big and small gifts. Don’t wait until the last minute and start your shopping now. We hope this list will provide you with some great ideas to keep your furry friends happy this Holiday Season!

Pet Stages Catnip Scooter Bug
Besides being extremely cute, the Catnip Scooter Bug is an interactive toy that will help you bond with your cat. This self propelled toy scoots across the floor with your cat chasing behind. A simple scooter mechanism pulls back and scoots forward.

Cat Tunnel Hide Out Bed
This is a great gift for one or multi cat homes. Your cat(s) will be thrilled to pounce, stalk and run through their own personal play center on Christmas morning. A tantalizing temptation no cat can resist and a quiet place to take a quick cat nap! Made of Polyester and plastic. Measures 10 inches diameter by 41 inches long.
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We went out in search of some fun cat ornaments for our Christmas tree this year and found a great assortment to choose from. There is a great selection of ornaments to choose from. That made it hard for us to decide on what to get. We wanted and ornament that was fun, cute and good quality so it would last for years to come. They are great fun to decorate the tree with and also are the perfect gift for the cat lover in your life.

Here is a must-have collection of some of our favorite cat ornaments that we thought you might like to put on your Christmas tree this holiday season.

Jim Shore Christmas Cat Hanging Ornament
Jim Shore is one of my favorite sculptors. I love his decorative ornate style. I was very excited to see that he had made a cat Christmas ornament. This magnificent creation who love great on any Cat Lovers Christmas tree.

Meowy Christmas Jingle Bells Kitten Holiday Ornament Collection

Exclusive Kitten Christmas Ornaments Collection Purr-fects the Holidays with Just a Jingle! A charming Gift for Cat Lovers! A Christmas without kittens is like the North Pole without a “Santa Claws.” Make these adorable felines a part of your annual holiday ritual with a kitten Christmas ornaments collection.

Purrfect Holiday Sleigh Bells Kitten Ornament Collection

Collectible Sleigh Bell Ornaments! A Collection Rings in a Purr-fect Holiday! A First-Ever for Christmas Kitten Ornaments! - From “The First Meow” to “Here Comes Santa Claws”, a premiere sleigh bell ornament collection is sure to have you purring the dulcet sounds of the holiday season.
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It is truly amazing how many great Cat Christmas books are available for the holidays. There is a great variety of old and new books for the cat lover in all of us. They can make excellent stocking stuffers, gifts for under the tree or something to enrich you and your family’s holiday experience.

We have put together a collection of 23 amazing cat Christmas books that are perfect to share with young and old. They all carry the magic of the holiday season and offer imagery to remember and stories to read again and again with each passing year.

A Cat’s Night Before Christmas
If a Cat could tell their version of the night before Christmas this might be how it would go. It’s a retelling of the classic poem ‘ A Night before Christmas’. A very funny read for everyone, including cat-lovers.

A Pussycat’s Christmas
A wonderful Christmas story first published in 1949. This is a newly illustrated version full of all the wonderful things that Christmas time brings. This a book to enjoy for many Christmases to come.
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You can become part of the largest pet adoption drive in history by bringing a new cat or dog home this holiday season? You can find a wonderful new pet through the Iams Home 4 the Holidays pet adoption drive! Partner shelters will work together to match the needs of the pets with the desires of their new families.

Iams is celebrating its 10th anniversary and their Home for the Holidays program has set a new goal to find loving homes for 1 million orphaned Cats and Dogs this holiday season.

Between October 1st, 2008 and January 5th, 2009 you can open your heart and give a cat or dog a happy home this Christmas.

Iams Home 4 the Holidays is among the world’s most successful pet adoption programs with almost 3,000 worldwide partner animal organizations.

Since 1999, Home 4 the Holidays has found happy homes for 2 millions pets. Last year they found homes for nearly 500,000 cats and dogs and this year they plan to double that number.

With 8 million homeless pets and as many as 4 million orphaned pets euthanized this year it’s time to do you part and help save a life. Imagine the look on your new pets face when you bring them home for the first time. Imagine how wonderful you’ll feel opening your home to an orphaned animal.

Each adopted cat, dog, puppy or kitten goes home with an adoption starter kit containing food samples, coupons and important information about pet care, behavior, training and nutrition.

Call 1-800-421-6456 to sign up right away or go to the Home 4 the Holidays web site for more details and to learn how you can adopt a new pet this Holiday Season.

There have been a run of stories recently about cats that have survived unbelievable situations. I always hate to hear about bad things like this happening to any animal, but it’s always nice to read a story with a happy ending.

The first story I read was about Stewie the Cat. A victim of animal cruelty, Stewie survived unbelievable odds after being shot in the head with an arrow!

Then I saw a story about a stray kitten who survived a 22-mile car ride under the hood of a car.

A few days later, I read a tragic story about a cat that accidentally fell 17 stories. He was badly injured but miraculously survived the fall.

Next was a story about a cat that people where calling the luckiest cat in Britain. Bob the Cat was cruelly thrown out of a moving train and survived.

It’s horrible to hear about the vicious way people treat animals and the terrible situations our four legged friends have to deal with. Unfortunately some cats aren’t as lucky as these ones which is very saddening. On the other hand, it’s thrilling to see when a cat, or any animal for that matter, manages to overcome impossible odds.

You can read the original stories here.
Auburn Cat Lives After Being Shot
Kitten survives 22-mile ride under car’s hood
Cat Falls 17 Stories In Mississauga And Lives
Is this the luckiest cat in Britain?

Let us know what you think of these stories. Do you you have a Miracle Cats Story that you’ve seen in the news? Share it with us in the comments.