Glad to hear that, Morticia. My brother had to take his tree down last year because his daughter's teenage kitten had knocked it down more than once (and I remember him saying something about the cat pulling out the artificial branches...). When I was a kid, my father's solution was to build a wooden box higher than the kittens could jump onto, cover the box with red plastic and put the tree on that. This also had the economic advantage of forcing the purchase of a smaller cut-tree to fit under the ceiling. We used large-bulb lights which, unfortunately, are no longer available. My routine now is to use Christmas lights with plastic covers (mine are M&M candy "men") to keep the kitties from biting the lights. Plastic and wood ornaments have replaced the glass balls, and tinsel is taboo (all joking about tinsel aside, it is very dangerous to animals and should be kept away from them). The ground-fault interruptor is a necessity, too. So, with just a few modifications, you should be able to enjoy a tree ...unless your cat is like my niece's cat! If he is, then it's time for the separate-room strategy
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