christmas: December 2010 Archives

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But perhaps none is needed.

Is it me, or does Santa look a little grumpy here? Maybe he was just tired. 

I spotted this lizard sitting next to me on the arm of my sofa Sunday night. Clearly another early Christmas gift from Annie the cat, that clever and generous feline. 

This is Oscar. And I'll confess, these pictures immediately made me laugh.

From his owner, Stacey:

Thankfully, Oscar just frowns for a couple of minutes before he takes off the hats. But treats help him to sit still a few minutes longer while I snap a few more pictures.

I adopted Oscar from Beagles n Buddies in March 2009. He is possibly a Basset/Terrier/Shar-Pei mix. He's about 6 years old. Oscar is a very loving dog and I am very lucky to have found him. Then again, he is pretty lucky. In his first year and a half with me, we went on three vacations. He does well in the car and when we're out and about. Even some shop owners have let him inside the stores while I browse.

Want to see more photos? Oscar has his own Flickr page.

And send us your winter/holiday pet photo to post.

These girls, it seems, are quite accustomed to having their photos taken so snapping this pose was no problem for our Daily Breeze colleague Sandy Gerety, their owner.

Desilu on the left and Carmen on the right were pretty good sports for posing in their new Santa hats. They are also the proud new owners of a Santa squeak toy.

Hats and toy courtesy of Sandy's daughter, Rachel Jazina, co-owner of the Chihuahuas.

Wheeee! We have our first (non-employee) reader submission in the annual winter pet pictures extravaganza. See our earlier post for details.

This comes from Christina who says it took her 20 minutes to get this shot (I feel your pain) of Brody, a Redondo Beach Chihuahua sporting what looks like a hand-knitted (?) reindeer outfit.

Very nice!

Here's a story out of Texas about a family who lost not only all their Christmas gifts, but also their dog, Candy, a 2-year-old teacup Yorkshire terrier who was taken by a burglar.

Most of the stolen gifts belonged to 13-year-old Cameron Rusaw. But Cameron, who was too upset to go to school Monday, said he misses his dog more than anything.

"I'm not worried about any gifts," he said. "I just want my dog back." 

We did this last year and received some great photos.

So here's the deal: Email us a photo of your pet gussied up for the holidays in his or her special collar, sweater, hat, antlers, scarf, posing with Santa .... well, you get the idea. Then we'll post them at South Bay Pets. 

If your dog refuses (and, believe me, we DO understand those objections -- see my dog Cowboy at left), a photo taken in front of the Christmas tree or simply in the snow would be great.

Be sure to also send along some information about your pet, including what city you live in (and state if you're out of the area), so we can post it along with the photo.

We'll post them as they come, now through the holidays.

Send them to donna.littlejohn@dailybreeze.com

And, yes, I did apologize -- profusely -- to Cowboy. 

The Friends of Redondo Beach Dog Park sponsored dog photos with Santa on Sunday. They sent us a couple photos from the event, which was a big success. Proceeds all go to park maintenance. We'd asked them to share some shots of the event with us.