Perhaps the most arresting questions of which strike me today, while reminiscing concerning Mat Yoyo, is actually: do family pets have countries? There are kitties, for example, as their given breed names transport loaded ethnic and even nationalist connotations: offhand I can picture the Persian, the Burmese, Balinese, Bengal, the Silk Mau. These are all ripe for many very essentialist tropes.

If planning your Christmas nativity arena for the forthcoming Christmas period, ensure that you be the reason for all the character types }