Online trends vary from really fun and informative to really dumb and destructive. This one might not come from a dumb place like eating Tide Pods and walking on stacked crates… but it can be destructive.

People are posting videos where they pick up their Christmas tree and chase their CAT around the house with it.

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Traumatized tree ❌ traumatized cat ✅ #catsoftiktok #christmas #mariahcarey #christmastree

♬ All I Want for Christmas Is You – Mariah Carey

The idea is to make your cat afraid of your tree, so it won’t rip down ornaments.  And people claim it works, but cat experts say it’s NOT a good idea because you’re straight up traumatizing them.

When cats are traumatized, they tend to act out in other ways, like becoming more aggressive toward people, having diarrhea and peeing outside their litter box.  They’re also not that stupid, and know your tree is an inanimate object.  So instead of being afraid of the tree, it might just make them afraid of YOU. 

Source: Fox News