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Don’t worry, Santa! If you’re running late or just running out of ideas, we have the purrfect last minute Christmas gifts for cat lovers. Cat cafes are your go-to source, and we’re here to help connect you with your local cat cafe to help finish up your shopping. Many cat cafes are open right up thru Christmas Eve, and their websites are, of course, always open.

Find a Cat Cafe for Last Minute Gifts

Cat Cafe Map December 2024

Santas everywhere use our handy-dandy Cat Cafe Map to find a cat cafe for all the good cat loving peoples. There are now over 250 cat cafes in the United States, so Santa has more options than ever before. Sister lives in Eugene, Oregon? The Eugene-Springfield Cat Lounge has you covered. Mom goes to Florida for the winter? Florida is the #1 state in the country for cat cafes with twenty-three cafes. Wherever you need a last minute cat lover gift, around the corner or across the country, there is a cat cafe with wonderful options.

With more and more people expressing a desire for experiences instead of physical gifts, why not give the gift of  a cat cafe experience? And every purchase helps cats too!

Christmas cat

Ho Ho Ho! Don’t worry, Santa! The cat cafes have you covered! Merriment -and gift ideas- await at your local cat cafe. Or just stop by for cat break and coffee! This dapper fellow awaits at Cups & Cats Cafe in Charleston, West Virginia.

1. Cat Cafe Gift Card

Gift Card Gem City

Gift cards are the purrfect gift! Head to your cat cafe for wallet card or buy a digital card right meow. Gem City Catfe in Dayton, Ohio is a full-service cafe with coffee, treats, a boutique, and large co-working space.

Buy an e-gift card online right this minute or in-purrson at your local cafe. Cat cafe gift cards are typically good for cat lounge visits, drinks, tasty treats, merch, and more. Buy from a local cat cafe or even a dream destination.

2. Book A Cat Cafe Event!

Cat cafes are super fun places to visit during regular hours, but most also offer a full calendar of special events, paired with cats. There is a breathtaking variety of events offered at different cat cafes, from cat yoga to Painting with Cats to a Himalayan Singing Bowl Meditation Experience.

Cat Painting

Painting with Cats is a ridiculously good time. Great group outing or treat yourself. Topeka Cat Cafe in Topeka, Kansas is cat fun central in the capitol city.

Think beyond your passionate cat loving friends to your fun loving friends. Only a Grinch wouldn’t  have a blast at a Paint Your Partner Night or Cat Yoga. And don’t just think just one friend; why not take the whole gang to a cat cafe event.

Cat yoga is exactly this! Cats, yoga, and everyone has a wonderful time. This is cat yoga at Mauhaus in St. Louis.

3. Gift a Cat Cafe Membership

If someone on your list could really use a dash of joy in their life or just some stress relief, get them a Cat Cafe Membership. A Cat Cafe Membership typically allows for a generous number of cafe visits and other benefits. Options range from monthly to yearly commitments and can be purchased online. Typically,  membership options appear on a cat cafe’s website if available. Note that mempurrships are a particularly great idea for students. Some top mempurrship  offers:

Chico, California: Chico Cat Cafe, Wine Bar & Lounge has mempurrships for families, students, seniors, and couples. All are exceptionally affordable and generous.

St. Petersburg, Florida: Whiskers Workspace is a new cat coworking space serving the St. Pete area.  Do you know a student at one of the 5 colleges in the area? Whiskers offers two membership options for their professional coworking with cats spaces!

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A Purrfect Pour Cat Cafe membership gives UNLIMITED access to you and a friend. Treat yourself!

Lincolnton, North Carolina: The Purrfect Pour Cat Cafe membership gives you AND A FRIEND UNLIMITED ACCESS to the cat cafe! Think unlimited cats! Boy, do we wish we lived near Lincolnton, North Carolina!

Rock Hill, South Carolina: Purffect Pair Cat Cafe offers a Mempurship for the true cat lover: an hour a day, each day they are open!

Richland Hills, Texas: Casual Cat Cafe has 3 levels of membership, all with UNLIMITED CATS! Truly cat-astic!

4. Shop Your Local Cat Cafe

Do you know that many (most?) cat cafes have a gift shop filled with delightful cat-themed (and more) items? Often the boutique areas have unique iteams from local artisans.

Cat Cards

The MEow Lounge in Wesport, Maine has a particularly delightful boutique that is chock full of items from local artisans.

Because cat cafes are a uniquely local experience, there are exceptional, unique items offered in their gift areas.

Literary Cat Co. mug

Check out this amazing mug from local artisan Sun Daze Pottery for the bookstore-cat lounge Literary Cat Co. in Pittsburg, Kansas.

The largest cat cafe boutique in the country is, without question, at Mochas and Meows in Branson, Missouri. They are rewarding last-minute Santas on Christmas Eve with a free tote bag!

Because cat cafes are expressly local, many are set right on Main Street or housed in historical buildings. Mr. Kitty’s Cat Cafe & Boutique opened this past April in a renovated church. When you shop from a cat cafe, you are not only supporting cats, you are supporting a local  small business that enriches our community and lives.

Of course, you get the absolute best cat t-shirts and wearables from cat cafes. That will require a full separate article, so just head to your local cat cafe to shop!

Shop your local cat cafe! Mr. Kitty’s Catfe in Eau Claire, Wisconsin is set in a soaring, renovated church. Mr. Kitty’s has all the good stuff, including great cat merch! Credit: Visit Eau Claire

Every purchase from a cat cafe helps save more cats!

5. Book the Cat Cafe for Your Friends!

Do you know you can book a cat cafe for a private party? It is likely more affordable and definitely more delightful than you can imagine: a party with cats! Brighten up the winter months or just celebrate your people, with cats! The Cozy Catfe in Arlington, Texas offers a 2 hour party package for up to 10 guests for just $200. What a fun Christmas gift to share with your people!

Attention last minutes Santas! Only your local cat cafe can save Christmas. now. Shop your local cat cafe! And remember: every purchase helps save more kitties!

Embrace the Excitement of Last Minute Gifts

Christmas cat

Don’t be a grumpy cat: go your local cat cafe! Affogato Cat Cafe in Cleveland, Ohio is staying open late for you on Monday, December 23 to help wrap gifts. Affogato is located very near to the Christmas Story house in a charming, walkable neighborhood.

affoGATO Cat Cafe in Cleveland is hosting their annual  Christmas “Wrapping with Cats” evening on December 23rd from 5 pm-7 pm. Conveniently, they have delightful gift items so you can make it a shop & wrap event.

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Oh the trimmings and trappings! Embrace the chaotic fun of last minute gifts! Credit: Scott Metzger Facebook