The Cat Who Came for Christmas

The Cat Who Came for Christmas  
Author(s) Cleveland Amory
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Memoir, Novel
Publisher Little Brown & Co (Juv)
Publication date 1987
Media type Hardback, Paperback, & Audio
Pages 240 pp
ISBN 0316037370
OCLC Number 15790076
Followed by The Cat and the Curmudgeon

The Cat Who Came for Christmas is the first book written by Cleveland Amory, an American author who wrote extensively about animal rights. In this book Amory recounts his rescue and adoption of Polar Bear, a cat he featured in several more books.

It was first published in paperback by Penguin books in 1988, and maintained the #1 spot on the New York Times bestseller list for twelve weeks.[1]

It bears no relation to Lilian Jackson Braun's Cat Who ... series.