Phebe Phillips reads her classic, charming Holiday poem, Cat and Mouse's Christmas, about a friendship between a cat, and a mouse.

Cat and Mouse’s Christmas

by Phebe Phillips

written December 12, 2018

On the night before Christmas, inside the warm house,

Cat was stirring, in preparation for tea with Mouse.

He mulled catnip, camomile, dutch lavender, and peppermint drops.

He cubed cheddar, and swiss. He made havarti cream pops.

They laughed and told stories, they giggled—tee-hee .

Cat and Mouse, great friends they would be.

They looked at the tree,

and hid in the branches.

They played cat and mouse,

and did silly dances.

Cat gifted Mouse scraps of yarn from his ball.

Mouse gifted Cat a felted acorn he found last Fall.

Daylight was breaking, it was time to go home.

They hugged and rubbed whiskers, made hearts with their tails.

Christmas Day was waking, cloudless and bright.

Said Cat to Mouse, “Merry Christmas my friend. I’ll see you tonight.”