Your humans may come home with large bags of things they call gifts.  Do not assume that ALL the gifts are yours.   

Be tolerant if your humans put decorations on you. They seem to get some special kind of pleasure out of seeing how you look with fake antlers.

The humans may bring a large tree into the house and set it up in a prominent place and cover it with lights and decorations. Bizarre as this may seem to you, it's an important ritual for your humans so there are some things you need to know:

• Don't pee on that tree!
  
• Don't drink water from the container that holds that tree!
  
• Mind your tail when you are near that tree!
  
• If there are packages under the tree, even ones that smell interesting or that have your
• name on them, don't rip them open!
  
• The ornaments hanging from the tree are NOT dog toys.
  
• Don't chew on the cord that runs from the hole in the wall to the tree.

Your humans may occasionally invite lots of strangers to come visit during this season. Be patient, even if unknowing strangers sit on YOUR couch and do NOT drink out of glasses that are left within your reach.

Do NOT eat off the buffet table.

A big man with a white beard and a red suit may emerge from your fireplace in the middle of the night. Whatever you do

DON'T BITE HIM!