We bought ferrets this year, and I decided to play off the scon "Have yourself a merry little christmas, with the title "Have yourself a Merry Ferret Christmas".
But they changed my title to "have a merry ferret christmas.
Which reminds me of another song, "Have a holly jolly Christmas".
In the article, I also explain why we decided to buy ferrets:
"But I had gerbils growing up, so when my children wanted a pet, we got gerbils. Gerbils are short-lived creatures and our last gerbil died in October. That's when we were reminded of the Ferret Memorandum, an 11-page document explaining why we should allow our daughter to have a Ferret. According to the paper, "ferrets make wonderful pets because of their engaging personalities, playful activity and fastidious nature." Ferrets can be litter trained, sleep 16-20 hours a day and love human interaction. She wrote "you're probably thinking 'why a ferret?' Well, why NOT a ferret?"When we first received the Ferret Memorandum last year we read it and filed it away, much to the chagrin of our daughter. I thought the same would be true this time. But after some clever salesmanship, which included trips to the store to hold the ferrets, both my wife and I inexplicably approved the ferret invasion.
Some people buy pets for Christmas, even though you can't hide them and they are impossible to wrap. I expected we'd take our time before buying the ferrets -- the longer the better. But my daughter had picked two ferrets already and feared they'd be bought in the Christmas rush.
So we bought two cute little ferrets along with a cage and supplies. The first cage wasn't "right," so we had to get another one. We started "potty-training," which apparently means if we see a ferret "about to go," we stick them in the litter box and hope they do their business before climbing out.
I also included a little "family meeting fiasco", which turned out OK because the kids ended up cleaning the house because they were afraid I'd have a nervous breakdown otherwise. :-)
Have a Merry Christmas.
Ummmm. A very Merry Christmas to you and your loving family. The ferrets I am not sure about.
Merry Christmas!! I got talked into a few once by my oldest daughter. Cute but never again lol.
Happy Macawnakah, Merry Christmoose and a blessed New Steer...
Have yourself a mustelid little Christmas . . .
Merry Christmas, and happy ferrets! We got a snake.
Ferrets are great!! “Baby-proof” your house and let them run!