"I don't want to be Nicole Kidman, but I've always had a secret yen to be Leslie Caron." (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"Hell, I'd like to be Brad Pitt -- without all those puppies, though. I mean, at a year I'm hardly a commitment kind of guy. Yeah, I'd like to be Pitt back when he was in Thelma&Louise. Rufffff!" (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"I like who I am...a sort of canine Susan Sontag, or maybe a modern day version of Anita Loos? Occasionally I even think of myself as a reborn Madame de Stael. At least I'm not an overweening, posturing bitch like my dear friend Lily!" (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"I think I really want to go back to the seminary!" (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"Dog bless us -- each and every one!" (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"Thank you for the thirty-billion, Scrooge, and Dubai. Giggle, giggle. Tee-hee. Silly me! I mean GOOD-BYE, of course." (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"Uh, Lily, if you don't mind, could you just stick to the script?" (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"Are you suggesting I am anything less than a highly trained, professional actor?" (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"Please! Could we just get on with the play?" (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"This version of A Christmas Carol has ruined the season for me! Great Dog! What's next?" (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"Hi, my name is George Bailey. I truth is, I stole money from my Savings&Loan, ditched the wife and kids, and escaped Bedford Falls forever." (Photo by J.M. Hilton) Our apologies to the late Frank Capra -- and, of course, to Jimmy Stewart~ Happy Holidays, anyway!