Put a Christmas tree up and its shiny decorations, blinking lights, and fresh scent makes them irresistible to cats for climbing, playing, or knocking over. Rather than limit a Christmas tree and its decorations, one cat owner found a unique solution.

This cat owner simply decorated the cat’s scratching tree with branches and decorations. That way the cat had its own decorations and tree branches to attack safely away from the real Christmas tree. This makes both he cat and its owner happy, which is a rare combination indeed.

To learn more about one cat owner’s way of protecting a Christmas tree from a cat, click here.