Pucky’s Purrfect Christmas Tips Part Seven
on December 24, 2015
at 9:04 am
Chapter: Holiday News
Characters: Agnes, Alice, Baba Mouse, Burt, Buzzy Mouse, Elvis, Lupin, Natasha, Puck, robber mice, Sophie, The Baby, The Man, The Toddler, The Woman, Tommy, Violet
I am in tears. I have been a Grinch all season, but I think my heart just grew 3 sizes. I needed this today. Thank you Georgia!
I hope the cats enjoy their ENORMOUS 5″ screen!
That was the mice and a stolen phone, Alice. XO
Ack! I mean I hope the MICE enjoy their new TV.
You mean new phone
No, she means TV. Read panel #5.
The sweaters, the band aids on Elvis, a shirt for Buzzy mouse, oh heck, this is one of the best ever. Thanks Georgia and MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone. PS I want to apply for the intern position.
I know, we have so much dust here, wipes eyes as Ms Buzzy Mouse becomes one of the Robber Mice Ladies, you’ll notice of course, wipes eyes again that she has been given a striped shirt.
“PS I want to apply for the intern position.”
You will have a LOT of competition! =oD
(Dogs have owners. Cats have staff.)
Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, Merry Kwanzaa, Merry Solstice
I hope you and yours have a wonderful holiday.
Thank you, Georgia. Absolutely perfect! May all of you have the best Christmas ever, just as your wonderful art and humor skills have given us all year.
We hope that everyone has a wonderful holiday season! Merry Christmas if you celebrate, a joyous holiday-that-you-celebrate if you don’t, and wishes for happiness and love to everyone!! I hope everyone has a wonderful, peaceful time from now until New Year (and heck, after New Year too, ha!)
Thank you so much for tuning in every week. I hope you have enjoyed this year’s Christmas special! Tune in Monday, for a return to our regularly scheduled broadcast!
Thank you so much, Georgia. I love these specials. You are so clever; the little nuances especially, and giving them all such individual personalities. Thank you!
Very much the same to you and yours!
Love to you and yours for all the love I see in this strip! Truly wonderful, time after time! Thanks for sharing your talent!
What a wonderful Christmas gift for all of us. Thank you, Georgia.
I’m gonna cry. I love all the sweaters and even Sophie is being nice to Tommy. I love he got his tree. The mice got a “new” TV. That is so precious.
Merry Christmas.
Thank you for a year of laughter and tears. Thank you for sharing your talent and your family and your cats with us. You always make me feel good and you help me understand my own cats better.
It´s a wonderful story
God blessing you and your family in this time
PD and Tabitha and Figaro?
And Freddy and Tillie?
Merry Christmas to you and your family. Thanks so much for sharing your work with us :).
Merry Merry MERRY Christmas!!
How many grown-ups crying over this strip? Thanks Georgia! You brighten my weeks!
This one had tears.
So much love here! I think Sophie’s(?) heart grew 3 sizes that day! And Buzzy can be an honorary robber mouse. I could go on and on. Love to all the BCN fans.
Thanks for this very enjoyable strip! I’ve gone from casually viewing to anxiously looking forward to the next installment! Your art and writing bring joy to many and I hope this holiday season brings much joy to you and your family! PS, looking forward to the new intern 😉
Thank you, David!!!! 😀
Purrfect! *Fist bump* Happy Christmas to the whole cast xxx
I love how Elvis is self-decorating with the Band-Aids (Or did someone help him)? And yay for Tommy and Sophie! I wonder if the ex-Robber Mice will end up having their own substation in the CN network. Andy and I hope you and yours have a wonderful Christmas, and that all of the other living kitties upon whom this is based are being spoiled silly… just like our three.
I love that Alice and Puck match now
Phew! I was worried I wouldn’t see the last episode before I go away for Christmas! You must’ve posted this very early your time, Georgia. Thanks for some great stories this year, looking forward to more next!
Merry Christmas to you and your family!
aw what a heartwarming story! I’m so glad Sophie is happy Tommy is home (and my heart couldn’t have handled him being gone again :-D). I hope you and your family have a beautiful Christmas Georgia! I’m gonna go home and hug my kitties a little longer today when I get home <3
…. Wow… Too many great panels to list…
My favorite being Burt and Baba fist bump.
Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone..
What a wonderful gift this has been! Merry Christmas, Georgia and the gang!
The cat bro fist is the best.
This was much more than I expected. Sophie finally looking at time through interested eyes. Buzzy mouse gets a sweater. Thank you so much for your Christmas gift. I scan through my mail on Monday and Thursday to read the BCN “regular broadcasting” every week. You give us all the gift of your humor and artistry all year long. Merry Happy Georgia
Simply perfect! Merry Christmas … and may the New Year bring you and yours as much joy as BCN has brought to your fans.
Merry Christmas!
Love that Puck made peace with the vacuum and everyone has become friends. Looking forward to all the surprises the future holds for all. 😊
Standing ovation, again! Wonderful Story! Can’t wait until it is an animated Holiday special!
Maybe if we ALL get together and beg with those cute kitties eyes that only cat owners know how to do, we’ll get an animated special early next year???? Hmmmm…..
This was the perfect Christmas present! Every single scene from Buzzy Mouse’s new shirt to the Tommy/Sophie scene and even Burt and Baba was Christmas magic. Thank you for making my day and I wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy new year!
P.S. If CN needs an intern I’d be happy to volunteer! XD Just kidding… I know it’s cats only. 😀 I’d love to see an intern pop up though. Maybe a cute neighboring kitten?
Oh Georgia! This was an especially wonderful gift to all of us! Thank you so very much!!! I hope you and your family all have a fantastic holiday and eat lots of wrapping paper! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had looked back at last year’s Christmas series to see if there was something from Tommy’s home away from home he could give Sophie to finish her tree, but I never thought about the fact that he would bring his whole tree. Being a found item artist it was something Sophie could appreciate and it showed her a different side of Tommy that she hadn’t seen before.
Baba Mouse is so cute in her old Russian woman garb!
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. My grinch of a husband just sheepishly admitted that I have him hooked. It is. to me, though, it you you, Georgia, with your just-perfect touch in the art, the dialogue, and the story arc. I stumbled across this in the RI alumni magazine (The Former Grinch is a Ram) and have been entranced ever since. I just can’t wait for the next installment, ever. Thank you for the early Christmas gift-was delighted to wake up to this this morning.
Sorry, that should be “it is not me, though, it is you, Georgia”
That giant flat-screen TV is the BEST!
I can’t decide my favorite part – The New Baby’s joy at finding her socks or Elvis with the bandages stuck all over! Thanks so much Georgia and Merry Christmas to all!!
With their claws, can mice operate a touch screen?
I like to think they use their tails.
Well, touch screens work fine with noses (try it) so I’m sure the mice will manage. 🙂
There are edge cases. I have trouble with touchpads. My hands are very dry. I set off touchpads unexpectedly. More than once, I have had my laptop’s touchpad register a click when I am not touching the touchpad.
Hmmm … I have the same problem. Maybe, lacking tails, we should try our noses … mine is certainly damp enough
I had to get fingerprinted once as part of a criminal record check, because of dealing with children. They only got two good prints out of ten fingers. For the other eight, the operator had to manually selected the best out of three prints.
I wonder how easy cats would have it to operate touch screens.
Well, unlike the mice, cats have retractable claws, so they would probably fare pretty well on a touch screen.
I had an awful time when I got fingerprinted too, but I rarely have any major issues with my touch screen. Once in a while my iPad will register a tap when I’m not touching it, but it’s rare.
They can always use a stylus.
A claw is a stylus. Even comes with spares. And it is not as if they are likely to lose them.
Touché. But I haven’t had a single smart phone yet that responds favourably to the rigid type of stylus – only the soft mushy ones that feel not entirely unlike a cat’s fingertips. However, I did have an old phone a few years ago (not a smart phone, but it did have a touch screen) that I could use a rigid stylus on. I used the stylus out of a Gameboy.
So I guess depending on what particular type of touch screen it is, the mice could either use a soft stylus, or they could use their built-in claw stylus. The cats would have it easier, since having retractable claws means they basically have both types of stylus built in. 🙂
Oh my cat! Last year you made me cry, this year I can’t stop laughing. Baba Mouse’s outfit, hanging with Burt, the wise old sages. Elvis and the bandages on his face, Puck & Buzzy Mouse, Alice’s new sweater, the vacumn feeling love. but I think best of all was Sophie telling Tommy that she was glad he was home!! It looks like in the last panel Lupin has managed to get his arms tied up behind him?? Pucky got all of the last 3 tips in 1 broadcast. Thank you so much Georgia. Merry Christmas to you and everyone you love (2 & 4 legged) and to all of the Commenters who celebrate. Love being part of this wonderful community!
oops, sorry, should have said to your 2, 3 and 4 legged loved ones. So sorry precious Puck 🙁
Merry Christmas to the Dunn family! May PEACE rule in your heart & household (kitty purrs from my 2 boys to your 3).🎄
Lots of hearts doing lots of growing! I love Burt and Baba Mouse doing a fist bump, Tommy and Sophie admiring the last years Christmas tree, (kinda Magnificent!). Oh gee whiz, I just love All of it- Every panel! Thanks Georgia and Merry Christmas to you and your family!
“Give yourself to love if love is what you’re after.
Open up your heart to the tears and laughter…” (Kate Wolfe)
Thank you Georgia for what you’ve given us.
Merry Cat-mouse to all.
For some reason, now it feels like Christmas.
Merry Christmas everyone.
You know, I don’t mind the tearing up. It’s the tearing up so much that your nose starts to run and you have to grab a whole handful of tissues. How wonderfully sweet this is! Wishing everyone a joyous and peaceful holiday season!
What a wonderful conclusion! The bandages, the needles, and the new “TV” made me laugh. Merry Christmas to you and yours, and thank you for another beautiful Christmas special.
Merry Christmas to you and yours, Georgia! I hope all the Boys enjoy all their presents (or, just maybe, the boxes they come in {g}) – and kudos to Pucky for squeezing the vacuum cleaner and then sending it off to eat wrapping paper!
i hope the vacuum doesn’t choke on the wrapping paper
Thank you! This was a wonderful ending to the sequence, even more so than expected! Tears in eyes, of course, and warm, warm feeling in heart! Merry Christmas, everyone!
Merry Christmas! Thank you for a perfect holiday strip, loved it 🙂
Merry Christmas Eve everyone!
ESPECIALLY you Georgia!
Well, that answers where the original big screen TV came from. Tsk, tsk, boys, for stealing your Woman’s new phone! (doesn’t stop me from laughing like anything, though.)
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Absolutely perfect, as always! Happy holidays to all you family, two-footed and four-footed.
I love it all, but the fist bump between Bert and Baba Mouse just made me giggle!
My eyes are leaking. Must be all of those Christmas sweaters. This is truly perfection. Made me laugh, made me cry, made me want more. All the little loose ends tied up so beautifully. Hope your holiday is just as perfect.
Barn cat fist bump for the win!!
All of it is so sweet… Sophie appreciating Tommy’s makeshift Christmas tree from last year and telling him that she’s glad he’s home this year. D’aawwww…
All of the presents are so perfect! Violet giving Lupin a cat’s cradle was, possibly, my favorite. Although Natasha’s gigantic smile at her collection of swords really puts it up there. Elvis getting band-aids (and then wearing them later…) Alice’s Christmas sweater…
And, I’ll be honest, I’d take a box of Cheez-Its for Christmas. (They’re a weakness of mine… I really relate to the Robber Mice on this score.)
Guess the woman’s going to have to make do with the old phone now! The Robber Girls have got a bigger screen to watch the antics of Kit Chase, Angora and Snowball. I don’t see them giving that up… especially since The BCN crew gave it to them.
I guess the only thing I’m sort of sad about was that we didn’t get an update on Tabitha and Figaro. Ah well… Feliz Navidad to them, too.
Wonderful story, Georgia! As always, I cannot wait to see what you come up with next. Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Wonderful ending! Thank you , Georgia! Merry Christmas and/or Happy Holidays to all my fellow BCN groupies! <3
Thank you for the early Christmas present 🙂 So fun!
Mippy says “Meow-y Christmas to all!”
Sophie said “kinda”. That was a surprise. A chink in the armour? Is she warming up to Tommy?
A perfect Christmas ending. Thank you, Georgia for all the pleasure you’ve brought to everyone. I have enjoyed every minute of it. Merry Christmas to all and happy New Year. I look forward to all the wonderful installments to come. I’ve ordered 3 of your books so I will share the BCN with others.
Just lovely, even cuter than expected! Thankyou for the whole year, have a wonderful Christmas and a new year full fo great things and plenty treats! X
Bravo!. This is now my bestest most favoritiest Holiday Story ever! I’m gonna read this every Holiday Season from now on. Who needs Frosty the Snowman or A Christmas Story??? Thanks, Georgia for another catastacular BCN year and looking forward to the new BCN year! Happy Holidays, everyone from 9 and their people!
What a precious gift! Thank you.
Who hoo!! Loved it all, it touched my heart big time. As a lady with kitties we, Tom and i, and our pets, want everyone to have a very Christmas!!!!!
Thank you, Georgia, for a year full of laughter, tears, intrigue, and delight. You, BCN, and and all you’ve shared about your family have been such a gift. Thanks for all you do!
Oh my catness! This is so wonderful! All of it is just melting away my heart with its beauty and trueness and just the way everyone is getting along and getting all the gifts they most want. 🙂 My favourite bit, however, is where Tommy receives his favourite hazard cone Christmas tree from last year’s Christmas story–it’s a nice link between last year’s story and now’s. 🙂 I love how Sophie really appreciates it and Tommy, and how it’s finally dawning on her how special Tommy is and that he has the soul of artist as well. 😉 There’s something there that wasn’t there before methinks. 😉
And a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of the BCN fans and the wonderfully talented Georgia and her beautiful family.
I love the look on Elvis’ face when he unwraps his box of bandages. That deadpan look that says in an unheard monotone voice, “Oh, ha ha. Very funny, Natasha.”
Now I’m already looking forward to NEXT Christmas. I can’t wait to see how you top this one!
Pucky was right – this is Purrrfect!
Thank you not only for this gem of a webtoon but also for taking on the demanding task of a daily strip! Merry Christmas to everyone in your beautiful family, feline and primate, and the whole cast of BCN from my household of one primate (me) and 26 felines.
I”m fixing a turkey breast for the cats tomorrow and then we’ll play battleball on the living room floor with ping pong balls. I always lose…
And here I thought I wouldn’t cry again. Aaaaaaaah, it’s so sweet!
As a Professional Santa, I get many requests for a kitten or puppy for Christmas. I tell the children that Santa will talk it over with their folks, and if They think it’s a good idea, maybe (you) can adopt a pet from a local shelter so the animal will have a good forever home.Sometimes I need to remind the children that the kitten or pup will eventually grow into a fully grown pet,and will need to be taken care of just like any other family member,so you must decide wisely with the help of (your) folks. I recently did a Photos With Santa for one of our local shelters. In addition to a horse being brought in for a picture,most of the pets brought in were adopted from the shelter sponsoring the event! Wishing you all a very happy Christmas and love and light to you all in the coming year!
That is so wonderful!! Merry Christmas!
ANIMATED HOLIDAY SPECIAL…ANIMATED HOLIDAY SPECIAL….hint, hint, hint….
Awww~! One adorable moment after another. ^__^
I see Lupin managed to get himself tangled in the cat’s cradle by the last panel. XD
I also see Puck still gave the vacuum a hug. =3
And I see that the People and I share a liking of Cheez-Its. P:
I also just noticed that, while Puck and Buzzy share matching sweaters at first, it changes to Puck and Alice matching, after Alice gets her sweater.
(Actually, come to look, I think the CN team is wearing PJs at first and switches to sweaters at the end. Still. Cute. =3)
And looking again, they’re the same sweaters they were wearing in the pre-taped section of part 4!
And the vacuum itself is giving off a heart in the last panel. XD Nice.
Now I finally feel like it is Christmas and not just a time with too much to do and not time to do it.
Thank you, Georgia.
Well, Georgia, I’m one of those “holiday-that-you-celebrate if you don’t” people but it’s a great time for family and friends as all have time off together so we can plan get-togethers for games, fun and food. And I was SOOOO looking forward to see what you would write as the culmination of this WONDERFULLY sweet story. What you came up with is far beyond what I expected! Love you for these stories!!!
No one seems to have noticed (so far in comments) that Pucky’s sweater changes from the first to later match the sweater he gave Alice (awww) — unless those were jammies as Elvis’ sweater changes too. Lupin’s got his paws tied so he can’t do much changing. 😁
What do I especially love in this one?
– how similar Lupin’s happy face is with Natasha when opening their gifts (and what a gift for her!)
– the dropped jaw on Violet when she saw the new TV
– Elvis festooning himself with bandages even though he was initially grumpy about his gift
– the way Sophie deliberately pauses (…) before saying MAGNIFICENT! to truly give Tommy the gift of her approval at last
– Lupin progressively becoming more and more tangled in his gift …and thoroughly happy about it
– the tiny clove-studded oranges hanging as decorations in the first panel
– Baba Mouse’s fancy little teacup (appropriate for her) and her special clothes
Everything was perfect but how I love these tiny gems you scatter in your stories!!! I’ve never gotten weepy over any of your stories (unlike most women, I very VERY rarely cry) but they all make me smile and make me feel warm and fuzzy inside. A thousand thank you’s, Georgia! I really can’t thank you enough!!!
Thank you so much, Jude!!!! 😀 I love adding in the details, they’re often my favorite bits! It makes me happy they make you happy!
Oooh! I just noticed you put up a whole bunch of sweet goodies in the Freebies page! Love love LOVE ‘Tiny Tim’ Puck! You really are a sweetheart, Georgia!
Thank you for these! I hope the intern mention was something that’ll be followed up on! Perhaps a kitten…
If it ends up being Agnes, I called it first!
I think it would be a good idea to have a feminine or mousiline touch.
Merry Catmouse!
Merry Christmas Georgia to you and yours, from Mary, Woody, Sam(8), Nikki, Giovanni and Jackson(cats), and Ronin and Michael(dogs)…😊😊😊😊
Wonderful ending!! You always make my day!! Merry Christmas to you and the whole family. Thank you for the comic.
Its been a year since I started reading BCN. Wow time has flown. Thank you, thank you, Georgia for writing such a wonderful strip. Thank you Everyone else for commenting on the little details I miss. Boy its Dusty in this room. Happy Holidays everyone, and a Happy New Year.
Tell Puck that the cats at my house, ChiChi and Fat Stuff, will be enjoying there traditional Christmas afternoon treat of a large piece of wrapping paper laid on the carpet and liberally sprinkled with catnip.
Eat wrapping paper!
It may become a popular Christmas saying someday and we witnessed its birth.
Thank you so much for such a sweet, lovely Christmas story. I looked forward to each installment and loved each one. Thank you, thank you.
Hooray for a happy ending – thank you Georgia!
Aaannddd. . . Lupin’s gets tied up again; this time in his very own “cat’s” caradle! 🙂
Wonderful job, Georgia! Thank you for everything you do for us! Merry Christmas to You, your family, and all the family in the comments for BCN!!
To all my friends on this comics board:
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Thanks for my smiles all year, and here’s hoping for many more!
May you have a happy, healthy, New Year.
SO SWEET! The boys in their pajamas and especially the girls in their tiny little nightgowns were darling. Violet’s reaction to the “big screen TV” was priceless. I love that the boys acknowledged the cheese crackers were as close as they could get with regard to the wish for a wheel of cheese; I’m sure the girls appreciated it that much more. Tommy has such a sweet personality and wonderful outlook on life. They all had such a wonderful Christmas, all thanks to Burt and Baba Mouse stepping in when they saw bad behavior on both sides. I thought it was funny that the cats admitted they knew they were doing wrong by holding Agnes hostage and that it would put them on the naughty list.
Where was Baba Mouse is Part 3? Is it that what looks like the glow from the green Christmas light is really Baba Mouse’s eyes? The lines that kind of look like her eyes are near the little tree like the one she hands Alice in Part 6. I’m not sure if this is something for us to figure out or if it’s something that will be revealed in a later strip.
Now that it is over, I will reveal that one eye may be seen peeking in on poor, sad Alice in the upper right corner of the last panel.
Seeing Lupin tangle himself up in the Cat’s Cradle just killed me with happiness. KILLED. Georgia, you are such a delight.
I am loving every frame, but Lupin’s candy-cane stripe sweater in the first panel melts me!
Pippin Bunnyfoot would like an application for the intern position please
awwwwwwwww awwwwwwww awwwwwwwwwwwwww Georgia this is fabulous.
Thank you. This has got to be your best yet. Tommie’s Christmas tree took me by surprise. A very happy surprise. I laughed, cried and smiled all the way through.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you.
My cat Armstrong spent the two days before Christmas at the emergency vet running a 104 fever and an astounding bill. (He’s home now and much better.) My Christmas present to Armstrong. And his present to me is he’s still here to be my pal.
Awww!! I hope Armstrong is feeling better! Wishing him (and you too) great health in the New Year!
What a precious Seasonal series! I loved every single panel! Thank you, Georgia, for this wonderful gift. I hope you and your family had a delightful Christmas and wishing you many blessings in a the new year.
As usual, your cartoon is amazing! I didn’t think you could do as well as last year’s Christmas cartoon, but I am so very glad I was wrong! 🙂 I really enjoy your work, and you have a fan for life… thank you!
Tabitha-san, is that you?
http://en.rocketnews24.com/2014/01/07/this-lightning-fast-cat-has-us-laughing-out-loud%E3%80%90video%E3%80%91/
I can’t see it. lol
And another Christmas adventure comes to a happy ending! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all the cats, mice, and people!
all the little details all the tie-ins and neatly wraping up of the story.
wonderful!
catnip on wrapping paper what a great idea. thanks to commenter for that.
If you ever create a Breaking Cat News wall calendar, the barn cats’ fist bump should represent the month of December!
Dear Lady … another magic year has passed and you continue to grow and excel! Even tho I do not know you, I am very proud of you for all you have accomplished. You and “The Man” really seem to have your priorities in order … a sick baby, the comic is late … I think all of your fans will agree that is the way it should be. Looking at some of the posts I recognize names that I have badgered into checking out BCN I am so glad they did. Guess I can only hope you continue to prosper. I think great things await you … and you will have worked hard and deserve them. Many blessings to you, your family and the three cat boys!
Thank you so much Taffy! For all of your supportive comments here, and for all of the work you do with kitties! May you have a happy, healthy new year filled with good things!
Hmmmm
On the twelfth reading I was struck by this…
“We need an intern…”
Said by Elvis in passing but getting its own panel….
Could there be a new kitten in your future?
Elvis: “We need an intern…” Me: I’LL DO IT!!
Elvis: we need an intern.
Me: well, you’ll get one, then she moves out…
Here’s my resume.