Christmas Kats — a cat in Santa's sleigh while Santa falls through a snowy night sky. By Mark DePonte.

A Holiday Story Like No Other

Christmas
Kats

Three cats. Three Christmases.
One story that will restore your faith in the season.

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The Stories

One week before Christmas, the Elves have lost the will to keep making toys — convinced their work no longer matters. Santa does the only thing he believes will reach them. He tells them about three cats from his past that restored his own lost Christmas spirit.

I

Birmingham, England

Alfred

A shelter worker's whispered wish to the universe may be the only thing standing between an old tabby named Alfred and one last Christmas at home — by a warm, cozy fire. The clock is running out, and the odds are impossible.

A Dickens-style tale — mixed with Mission Impossible.
II

Finland

Utz

A cute, cuddly ball of chaos who nearly derails Christmas for the entire world by sneaking into Santa's bag one fateful night. Santa never saw him coming. The reindeer had opinions.

Roadrunner Looney Tunes Cat meets Santa's Coyote.
III

New York City, 1955

The Sullivan Cats

When a date night ends with Mrs. Claus kidnapped and Santa stripped of his powers, the only hope for survival are two musical cats from the Ed Sullivan Show. The night is long. Christmas is at stake.

A dark fantasy, ticking-clock thriller.

About the Book

Written in a cinematic style that lends itself naturally to adaptation, Christmas Kats is commercial holiday fiction with genuine emotional range. Funny, suspenseful, and quietly heartbreaking in equal measure.

Three very different stories — a quiet Dickensian rescue, a slapstick chase across the Arctic, and a dark 1955 thriller — woven together by a single truth: sometimes it takes a cat to remind you what Christmas is for.

Author Mark DePonte
Genre Holiday Fiction
Available Formats
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ISBN 979-8-902710-56-1
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About the Author

Mark DePonte

Mark DePonte is a storyteller with a gift for characters who refuse to behave — human or otherwise. Writing under both Mark DePonte and M.J. DePonte, he brings warmth, wit, and the occasional feline disruption to his fiction. Christmas Kats is available wherever books are sold.