My BIL once crash tackled my tree while drunk . He snapped it and broke all my ornaments . I could have let it get to me , but I told him calmly to replace it and when I came home from work , he had the new one up and everything cleaned . He even fixed a few of my ornaments . I think the point is that while I ' m a total Christmasaholic , sometimes stuff just happens that is out of your control . It was a douche move on his part but there was nothing I could do about it . Put your tree up , be prepared to lose a few ornaments and if need be , have a talk to your roommate about replacing things if the cats continue breaking things . And if you have sentimental ornaments , maybe retire them this year . <| sep |> if you desperately wanna get rid of em use tower to clear them P