Pets, like their owners, tend to expand a little over the Christmas period.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Just as a puppy can be more of a challenge than a gift, so too can the holidays.
It's difficult to understand why people don't realize that pets are gifts to mankind.
I have to confess that I've never been a great fan of Christmas or, as it's known in our house, The Monster That Ate the Last Third of the Year. It's mostly the rampant consumerism I object to, but I'm also a little wary of the annual crop of new Christmas stories and sometimes wonder why anyone bothers.
We never really had any kind of a Christmas. This is one part where my memory fails me completely.
My family always makes a huge deal out of Christmas.
Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.
Pets inspire many different types of behaviour in their owners, mostly ranging from adoration to ridiculous obsessiveness, in my experience.
Once you start a business, you have to grow it and grow with it - starting a business is not just for Christmas.
In my experience, those who make the biggest fuss about not spending much at Christmas are generally the ones who buy what they want and eat where they want 12 months a year.
Christmas is relentless. It's around the clock. I sit with my little ones in front of the TV screen, and we watch movie after movie after movie.