(06-09-2020, 10:32 AM)rollerjag Wrote: When I was a boy we had 2 black cats. One Christmas Eve I was sleeping on our living room couch because we had family visiting and my room was commandeered as sleeping space for an aunt. My mom thought it would be cute to wrap up catnip in Christmas paper as a gift for our cats. Of course the smell made the cats go crazy. In the middle of the night I was awakened by a screeching howl, opened my eyes to see one of the cats leaping from our fireplace mantle towards my face, claws out. I quickly covered my head but still suffered a scratch or two.

I've not been a fan of cats since.