Customer Reviews

Cat's Letters to Santa

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4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(2)
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A great deal of children write letters to Santa Claus. Well, now the cats are getting involved. They ask Santa what they want for Christmas. Some complain that they need a new computer because theirs is ruined because they thought the mouse was a toy. Others ask for the dog to be removed from the house. Cute!

Hello, this is Kiril's feline Boon Companion NIKITA, and I have a few things to say about this book which I read after Daddy finished it:

He loved it, of course. Laughed until he cried, he did. ( That's why this gets 5 stars, afterall )

Me?

It's amusing, I grant you, BUT...

I think some of my fellow Cats clearly have issues, and I'm talking about far more than just an unhealthy belief in a fat, bearded, human in a red suit bearing "Gifts".

Read this book, and laugh if you must, but see if you don't agree with me as well. ( I give it a 3 1/2 Purrs )

And that's all that Cats' Letters to Santa is, a gimmick. Since Bill Adler, who "compiled and edited" the anthology of kitty wishes, neglects to reveal his source, this reader thinks it was Adler's own fertile and silly imagination. Paul Bacon supplies some nice illustrations. A perfect seasonal gift for the cat owning/loving friend and/or relative.

This is a marginally amusing collection of "letters" that various feline personages have purportedly written to Santa Claus, imploring him to grant them their wishes for Christmas. The letters are very short, usually just one sentence long, and they aim to indicate different personalities of cat that are writing them. I happen to be a total cat person, so it doesn't take a lot for me to appreciate anything that is written of, about, and from cats. However, none of the "letters" in this collection are terribly original and I didn't find myself laughing (even inwardly) at a single one of them. For my money, various "LOL cats" collections are far more amusing. The illustrations are OK, but again nothing to write home about. The quality of paper that this book is printed on is below what we have come to expect from books these days, and even most newspapers and magazines easily exceed it. The book could serve as an inexpensive gift for a cat lover friend of yours, but other than that it is not terribly enticing.

This hilarious book is a perfect stocking-stuffer for the cat lover on your gift list. [Review based on 1995 edition.] It can, of course, be enjoyed any time of the year.

The letters to Santa are mostly few-sentence remarks, and there are many of them in this small book. The cat promises not to scratch Santa while sitting on his lap. Another cat says that he was good all year because he did not eat the parakeet. Still another cat asks Santa to make sure that the gifts for humans are wrapped in ribbons so that the cat can enjoy them. [SMO: This could create a digestive-system hazard.]. The funniest one, in my opinion, is the cat who wrote to Santa, asking if there are any dogs at the North Pole and, if not, whether the cat could live with him.

Great book for any cat lover

author of "Hobo Finds A Home"