While we frantically wrap last-minute gifts and bake cookies for Santa, our furry friends also like to play a role in the holiday festivities. Like that cat who insists on batting at the tinsel on the Christmas tree, causing more than a few ornaments to come crashing to the ground. Or the dog who gets a little too excited about the dinner table and keeps begging for food.

But at the end of the day, our companions are just happy to be included in the celebration. And it wouldn’t be the same without them. So as a thank you, we at Bored Panda put together a collection of funny and heartwarming pictures that show what this joyous occasion really looks like when you have pets. Here’s to them making every moment a little more special and a lot more fun.

When you’re done scrolling through the publication, check out last year’s version here.

#1 Target Acquired

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#2 Our 1st Christmas Together And Our 15th Christmas Together

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#3 My Cat And My Tree Are Both Plugged In And Ready For Christmas

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#4 Happy Cat

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#5 We Got The Cat A Cardboard Scratchy Taco Truck For Christmas. I Think She Likes It

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#6 If Your Presents Arrived Late, It’s Because Santa’s Helpers Are A Little Slower Than Normal

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#7 My Paraplegic Kitten’s Reaction To Seeing Her First Christmas Tree

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#8 Left The Patio Door Open Briefly For Some Fresh Air. Shortly After, I Heard Some Rustling Behind The Christmas Tree… I Don’t Have A Cat

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#9 Cat Christmas Tree Portrait

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#10 My 12-Year-Old Girl Accidentally Picked Up One Of The Stars From Our Christmas Decorations When She Was Sniffing For Crumbs

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#11 Best Christmas Gift

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#12 It’s Gonna Be His First Christmas

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#13 Christmas Thief

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#14 I Made Christmas Ornaments Of My 3 Cats

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#15 My Udon Noodle Wishes You A Pleasant Christmas Eve

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#16 Found This Festive Little Guy On My Outside Christmas Tree

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#17 Took My Dogs To Take Their Yearly Christmas Photos. It’s Really Hard When You Have One Super Photogenic Dog And One Dog Having An Existential Crisis

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#18 We Just Put The Tree Up, And This Little Monster Climbed Into It

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#19 Came Home To Find This. Not Sure How Long She Was In There, But She Was Pretty Content To Stay In There

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#20 Presenting My Cat With Her Christmas Present

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#21 Merry Christmas From The Head Tilt Triplets

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#22 Meet The New Addition To The Family, Chester. He Makes A Wonderful Christmas Tree Decoration

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#23 Alfons Showing His Coconut Flake Stash While Practicing For The Christmas Photos

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#24 Cats And Glass Ornaments Don’t Mix

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#25 Nerien And His Christmas Cookie

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#26 He Doesn’t Attack The Tree Or Try To Knock It Down

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#27 I’ve Just Learned This Is An Issue For Cat Owners Over Christmas

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#28 She Got What She Wanted For Christmas

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#29 This Will Forever Be My Favorite Picture Of Her. She Loves Christmas

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#30 One Happy Dogo

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#31 Treat Every Day Like Christmas

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#32 Merry Christmas From A 17-Year-Old Walter

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#33 We Wish You A Merry Christmas

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#34 I Took My Pet Ducks To Mind Games (They Love Browsing Stores). They Stopped And Stared At This Toy For Several Minutes. I Think I Know What They Want For Christmas

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#35 There Are 2 Cats In This Picture

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#36 My Boyfriend And I Noticed A New Ornament In The Tree

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#37 My Parents’ Cat Interrupted Board Games Over Christmas. He Just Likes To Be Involved

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#38 Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

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#39 Ornament Installer

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#40 My Mom Got Our Cat, Sardine, A Fancy Cat Bed For Christmas. She Loves It

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#41 It Is A Giant Play Toy

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#42 Ready To Help Santa Paws. I Don’t Know About The Naughty/Nice List, But I’m Certainly On The “Trying My Best” List

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#43 My Blind 18-Year-Old Dog Clearly Loves The New Christmas Lights

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#44 Wiped Out From Opening Presents

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#45 My Coworker’s Dog Does Not Like The Annual Christmas Photo

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#46 My GF Setup The Christmas Tree. It’s Our Cats First Christmas

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#47 How Cute Are These Two?

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#48 Ciri Has Absolutely No Idea Who Ate The Christmas Cookies While We Were Out Shopping. She’s So Mad She Can’t Even Look At The Plate

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#49 Roscoe Took Christmas Decoration Duty Into His Own Hands (Paws) Last Night

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#50 Thought You All Would Appreciate My Pups’ Christmas Photo

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#51 Did Somebody Say Xmas?!