Cover: Cat Memos for the Holidays
Book 2 in the series

Cat Memos for the Holidays

The cat has never returned a gift. She just never asked for one.

Paperback $12.99 · Hardcover $19.99

  • 100 lessons
  • 20 chapters
  • 130 pages
  • 6 × 9 in

100 Lessons from a Cat Who Wants to Be Left Alone - The Sarcastic Illustrated Gift Book for Adults Who Need to Survive the Holidays. Funny Gift for Cat Lovers

A plush grey cat who thinks the Christmas tree is a space hog, carols are acoustic torture and January is the only real holiday. She has 100 lessons for the holiday season. Short, dry, no tinsel.

One line. One drawing. Turn the page.

  • 100 lessons in 20 chapters: the Christmas tree, carols, visiting relatives, tinsel, wrapping paper, the feast, the ugly sweater, shopping malls, Santa Claus, New Year's Eve, baking cookies, fairy lights, the Christmas card, mulled wine, unwanted gifts, New Year's resolutions, the week between the years, hugs, the advent calendar, the winter sleep
  • 100 large watercolour drawings - one cat, one drawing per lesson
  • No crafts, no recipes, no fill-in pages. Just lines that land
  • 130 pages, 6 x 9 inches, white paper - fits in any stocking and under any tree

Who is it for?

For the coworker who gets the ugly sweater. For the brother who still has nothing at 4 p.m. on the 24th. For everyone who won't enter a mall in December. And for everyone who would rather sleep through the holidays.

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Read six lessons from the book

Pick out the quietest person at the table and spend the rest of the evening in silent harmony with them. Lesson 15
Demand your food with a calm, unyielding posture instead of getting entangled in long table conversations. Lesson 29
Don't even question the logic of bearded men in red coats, just turn over in bed instead. Lesson 43
Allow at most a single, steadily burning candle as a light source for the entire evening. Lesson 57
Accept unwanted gifts with a polite but expressionless nod and put them aside immediately. Lesson 71
Declare the week between Christmas and New Year's to be a legally protected quiet zone. Lesson 85

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The chapters

  1. The Christmas Tree as an Official Dust Catcher
  2. Festive Carols: The Art of Unplugging
  3. Family Gatherings: How to Treat Annoying Relatives Like Furniture
  4. Tinsel and Glass Ornaments: Why Decoration Is a Crime
  5. Wrapping Paper: Why the Box Is Better Than the Gift
  6. Festive Feasting: How to Consistently Say No to Food
  7. The Ugly Christmas Sweater: Your Right to Refusal
  8. Shopping Malls in December: A Place to Avoid
  9. Santa Claus: An Uninvited Intruder
  10. New Year's Eve Fireworks: Under the Blanket
  11. Baking Cookies: The Permission to Fail
  12. Festive Lighting: Darkness Is a Virtue
  13. The Christmas Card Photo: Refuse to Smile
  14. Mulled Wine: The Liquid Disappointment
  15. The Unwanted Gift: Professional Ignoring
  16. New Year's Resolutions: The Biggest Scam of the Year
  17. The Post-Christmas Food Coma: The Holy Week in Pajamas
  18. Unwanted Hugs: The Art of Evasion
  19. The Advent Calendar: Why Waiting Is a Waste of Time
  20. The Final Festive Truth: Sleep Through the Winter

Book 2 of the Cat Memos series - Inner Peace, The Office, Love, Vacation, Parents, The Household, Fitness and Aging are also available.

The cat doesn’t recommend a gift. She recommends January.

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