Looking forward to Thanksgiving does not mean we can’t start decorating for Christmas already. This new tabletop Modern Christmas Tree arrived Friday night and we put it up right away. It changes colors to red, green, blue or white. As humans we were entertained by it, and clearly Bates was entertained as well. Each time the color changed he would turn and look at it as if he were studying it deeply. After a couple of cycles through the various colors he was used to it and stayed cozied up next to it.