Popeye's 3rd Christmas
Published by Julia Volkovah under on 7:15 AM![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlmlKv8Sp8Be3n1_L13krXKmnWOXAIaV3z_LjMwdqf_NnlgHhdBLUqi-fQXYdMvBXKLzZbVwbXMqAxQxVT-tEzT7HQEsi-1Hswgh25VVp2AcUzPBa8BeHRhPwaTxpZYF4UqE-VagdeZJY/s400/xmas10.jpg)
I figured I'd take a picture of our tree before Popeye completely destroyed my already haphazard arrangement.
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Here's Popeye once the catnip got broken out. Looks as if my trepidations were well-founded.
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Peace on earth and