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Sometimes out of nowhere, or more honestly, out of endlessly scrolling through TikTok, you stumble into a story that resets your heart a little. Not because it's dramatic or complicated, but because it sneaks up on you with something real. 

Now, I know this whole thing sounds like a perfect premise for a Disney movie, but just like some Disney movies, if you look beyond the cute characters, you find a more profound message. And to me, a guy whose cynicism is untameable 90% of the time, this video hit as an important reminder that connection isn't just nice to have, it's what keeps everything moving forward. Whether it's two completely different animals figuring out how to survive together or just me trying to feel less alone in a world that doesn't slow down for anyone.

What makes stories like this stick is how simple they are. Two living beings find comfort in each other, and suddenly life feels lighter. That's it. No speeches. No labels about differences. Just quiet survival made possible by having someone else there. It's the kind of story that lingers. I haven't stopped thinking about it, and that's why I'm here writing about it. Because you start thinking about your own life, the people you leaned on when things went sideways, the random friendships that grew from pure circumstance.

Being the cynical, philosophy-obsessed person I am, I find it pretty funny how a small clip, tucked between trends and chaos, manages to hit as hard as anything planned and polished. and remind you that love and belonging aren't complicated ideas. They happen when someone shows up, stays close, and keeps you from feeling like you're the only one trying to figure it out.

And if you ask me, that's exactly the reminder worth getting this Christmas.

Now, Boxing Day is a day that we have become used to being a day in which we get blown away by the many exceptional deals on offer at our local superstores. But this year, we decided that we would offer an alternative to the overly commercialized tradition of the Boxing Day shopping spree and instead offer the overly cute concoction of curious cat facts to blow your mind instead. From the abandoned kitten who survived a childhood of illness to become a record holiday cat, to the marvelous maine coon cat and their massive size.

So we recommend settling in to a cozy spot, preferably after having vacuumed the house, because most of the facts we have lined up are to do with cat fur and we would like you to enjoy these facts with the knowledge that your immediate surroundings are clean and fur free. And once you have done that, dive into the deep pile of fur filled feline facts.

You know what they say: one man's kitten is another man's treasure.

Did you know that around 3 million cats enter shelters in the US every year? Not all of these are strays, of course; some are taken in by their owners, but still. We don't have any accurate figures for how many cats are abandoned each year because it's nearly impawssible to count, but the number is probably greater than you imagine. 

With the number of people who discard kittens like garbage, we're starting to think that most of the world is made up of garbage people. Who could dump something so purrfectly smol, innocent, and adorable? It seems inhumane to us, but luckily, the Cat Distribution System seems to pick up where these awful people left off - for every purrson willing to discard them like trash, there's one purrson who will treat them like treasure.

A family found this cute kitty below when he was only 5-weeks-old. He was tossed from the window of a van into their neighborhood, and they swept in and took him home. Apparently, he was a "spoiled floof from the very beginning", and that's purrfectly fine with us. After such a rough start to his life, he deserves to be treated like the prince he is from that meowment on. Read more about his rags-to-riches story below!