Do you buy your pet Christmas presents?

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This important question was asked in 2009, eliciting responses of, "Goodness NO!" and also "OF COURSE!"
Pets and christmas gifts

In 2021 I asked a similar one, which got many more yeps than nopes:
Do your pets get birthday presents?

Now I'd like to know, in the winter of 2022, as the people you are now...

🐶🐈🎁 Do you buy your pets Christmas presents? 🐶🐈🎁

I must know.
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  • Jazee
    Jazee Posts: 9,382 Forumite
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    Normally no, although DD does.  However, this year with just one dog now, yes, we've bought her a new toy.
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  • Mnoee
    Mnoee Posts: 948 Forumite
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    My answer hasn't really changed from 2021. My cats get special Christmas food (this year the classic 'prawn cocktail' - prawns in a salmon lick-e-lix sauce, garnished with a sprinkle of catnip) but not much else - they got a catio back in March which is the majority of this years cat budget spent. 

    I'm at the inlaws for Christmas Dinner - they have a dog, so I've picked up a packet of her favourite treats to take with me. Little gesture, but it keeps me in her good books! 
  • RobM99
    RobM99 Posts: 2,671 Forumite
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    No. He never even sends me a card!
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  • Brie
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    Do toy boys count as pets?
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  • I_luv_cats
    I_luv_cats Posts: 14,453 Forumite
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    'YES' my puss has a treat stocking for 25th. 
  • Silvertabby
    Silvertabby Posts: 9,947 Forumite
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    She already has enough toys to stock a pet shop!  On Christmas day, she is happy to have a good play in the ripped off wrapping paper, followed by a dish of turkey.
  • Spendless
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    Yes and my Mum buys them for him too! He also has a 'present' obsession and will open them early if left out. We don't put presents under the tree until Christmas day for this reason.   
  • sammyjammy
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    Nope not a thing, don't even see my cats at Christmas :(
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  • MovingForwards
    MovingForwards Posts: 17,138 Forumite
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    Yes. This year I've got my furbaby a crockery raised water bowl, in the shape of a cat head with the cutest face on it. 

    Only a few more days until I find out if she likes it.

    Got her some nice soup and treats too.
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  • TripleH
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    Yes, wrapping paper, hours of fun.
    Last time we bought a Christmas present for our eldest boy (when he was a juvenile) at Christmas it was a fishing rod and he dragged it everywhere with him.
    The bell was annoying and I had to sleep with it under my pillow that night.
    He loved it and even fished it out the bin and hid it for 2 days when it reached the end of its life.
    May you find your sister soon Helli.
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