We have to keep our Christmas tree in our home office, so we can shut the door. Nothing says happy holidays like sitting at a desk chair in an 8 X10 room staring at your tree.
Cooper, the cat to the left, still manages to poop out glitter for the entire holiday season--no kidding the litter box sparkles. The day we took the tree out of the box he was alternating between licking the bottom of the box, and chewing on the tree branches for at least 20 minutes. Some times I have to remind myself his brain is the size of a walnut.
Also the bottom half of our tree has to have non-breakable ornaments, he likes to remove them and play with the string.
Sadly, this is a HUGE improvement over our previous tree. When we had our old tree, also fake, it was the kind with the a solid metal pole where you would attach each individual branch (probably about 40). Cooper learned that he could climb up the inside of that tree, and starting at the top flip out each branch. He could literally disassemble the entire tree in 10 minutes, and then give us that coy cat "who me" when he got caught.
A couple of years ago we purchased a tree that is in three large umbrella like sections. This at least keeps the tree in once piece, if he gets into the
office.
Now I know you maybe thinking, why don't they just try a real tree. Not a possibility. He also chews all plants, and then spits up the remains. We no longer have any in our home, and if someone sends me flowers or a plant--I just walk it next door to the neighbor. The neighbor was happy as a clam last year when I had surgery--her house looked like a florist truck overturned in her living room.
We have another cat, his name is Jack. Jack has no interest in the tree or anything else that is not a cat toy or food. Go figure.