The Hielsbergs' 2013 holiday card, featuring Dooz.
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The Hielsbergs' 2013 holiday card, featuring Dooz.
Jeff Hielsberg
Meredith Tollison's first PhotoShop solution to the "happy family portrait" holiday card.
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Meredith Tollison's first PhotoShop solution to the "happy family portrait" holiday card.
Courtesy Meredith Tollison
Jacob Stickann goofs off with his cats, left, before posing for his 2012 holiday card, right.
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Jacob Stickann goofs off with his cats, left, before posing for his 2012 holiday card, right.
Carolina Guerrero/Jacob Stickann
Rupa Kapoor photographed a family of Dachshunds at her <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.puparazziportraits.com%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">Puparazzi Portraits</a> studio, where this sled is a recurring holiday prop.
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Rupa Kapoor photographed a family of Dachshunds at her Puparazzi Portraits studio, where this sled is a recurring holiday prop.
Courtesy Rupa Kapoor/www.puparazziportraits.com
Shots from Xena the warrior puppy's <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.puparazziportraits.com%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">Puparazzi Portraits</a> photo session create a holiday card.
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Shots from Xena the warrior puppy's Puparazzi Portraits photo session create a holiday card.
Courtesy Rupa Kapoor/www.puparazziportraits.com
Kapoor created digital images of people's pets in snow globes last year in order to raise money for the Alabama Boston Terrier Rescue group. Via her <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FPuparazziPortraits" target="_blank" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>, she raised more than $300 for the organization last year. She will be creating the snow globe images again this year.
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Kapoor created digital images of people's pets in snow globes last year in order to raise money for the Alabama Boston Terrier Rescue group. Via her Facebook page, she raised more than $300 for the organization last year. She will be creating the snow globe images again this year.
courtesy Rupa Kapoor/www.puparazziportraits.com
Kristen Patten helps Col. Mustard the cat pose for a holiday card photo. Col. Mustard is not laughing.
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Kristen Patten helps Col. Mustard the cat pose for a holiday card photo. Col. Mustard is not laughing.
Courtesy Robert Patten
Kristy Blanchfield attempts to pose her cat Ron, as her other cat, Shiva, looks on with concern.
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Kristy Blanchfield attempts to pose her cat Ron, as her other cat, Shiva, looks on with concern.
Owen Jennings/CNN
Keith Piasecki poses for his family's 2013 Christmas card newsletter with, clockwise from left, Tiki, Cayenne, Sneaky Poof, Prescious, Freddy Mercury and Joon. Squint hard and you can see Bert and Ernie, the clown fish, in the tank behind Piasecki's head.
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Keith Piasecki poses for his family's 2013 Christmas card newsletter with, clockwise from left, Tiki, Cayenne, Sneaky Poof, Prescious, Freddy Mercury and Joon. Squint hard and you can see Bert and Ernie, the clown fish, in the tank behind Piasecki's head.
keith piasecki
Kat Kinsman's whippet, Morgane, dons string lights for a 2008 holiday portrait. Morgane is always oddly calm for pictures and seems to know she has no bad angles, Kinsman said.
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Kat Kinsman's whippet, Morgane, dons string lights for a 2008 holiday portrait. Morgane is always oddly calm for pictures and seems to know she has no bad angles, Kinsman said.
Kat Kinsman/CNN
CNN producer Ann Hoevel and Dan Campbell sent out this photo of their convincing corgi, Belvedere, for the 2012 holiday season.
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CNN producer Ann Hoevel and Dan Campbell sent out this photo of their convincing corgi, Belvedere, for the 2012 holiday season.
Ann Hoevel/CNN
Baxter the beagle, left, and Ted the Australian shepherd mix, right, pose with Santa for Michael Ryan and Michelle Rice's holiday card.
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Baxter the beagle, left, and Ted the Australian shepherd mix, right, pose with Santa for Michael Ryan and Michelle Rice's holiday card.
michelle rice/CNN
Terry Nagurney shakes hands with Santa with his dog, Abby, on his lap. This photo was taken at a charity event in Atlanta PetSmart to benefit Furkids, Georgia's largest, no-kill, cage-free cat shelter.
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Terry Nagurney shakes hands with Santa with his dog, Abby, on his lap. This photo was taken at a charity event in Atlanta PetSmart to benefit Furkids, Georgia's largest, no-kill, cage-free cat shelter.
Jessica Dodd
Carissa Rhea, right, poses with Santa and her cats Wall-E and Eve during the Furkids charity event in 2010.
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Carissa Rhea, right, poses with Santa and her cats Wall-E and Eve during the Furkids charity event in 2010.
Jessica Dodd