The Christmas Kitten

It's raining in sunny Southern California. A cold, dreary rain that just spits in your face and dampens your spirits. We avoided the shopping mall today and ordered some gifts online. Then we came home and put a fire in the fireplace and the lights on the tree. Very soon there was a cat curled up on the sofa. There's hockey on the television and Christmas cookies in the oven. Hard to complain about the rain with all the joys of the holiday season gathered close to the fire inside.