December Cat Events in PA: Festive Fun for Cat Lovers in 2025
Published On: 12/2/2025
Last Updated On: 12/2/2025
By Callie, Seymour, Yebba, and Mama and our Hooman Ashley!
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We’ve been padding around the newsroom all week, tails flicking with holiday anticipation, watching Pennsylvania fill up with lights, hot cocoa steam, and an alarming amount of pine-scented things we are allegedly “not allowed to climb.”
December is our favorite time of year—not because we get extra treats (though, yes, we absolutely do), but because the cat community across Pennsylvania gets louder, warmer, and more connected. Rescues gather. Cat cafés celebrate. ARLs rally. Hoomans bundle up and show up in ways that make even us, the resident news anchors, purr a little deeper.
So we’ve put together our annual Stray Cat News guide to the December Cat Events in PA You Can’t Miss—the places where magic, community, and cat-loving hoomans all intersect.
Curl up. Here’s what’s happening this month.
Lights on Elwyn in Sinking Spring
Nov 29 – Dec 30, 2025 | 6 PM – 8 PM | Free admission
There are holiday light displays… and then there is Lights on Elwyn, where the entire neighborhood seems to glow from the inside out. Hoomans go to admire the lights, but we know the truth: the real brilliance is the heart behind it.
This Sinking Spring tradition raises funds for the Animal Rescue League of Berks County, and every twinkling light feels like a tiny beacon calling out for cats still waiting for their forever homes.
We hear the cookies are good. We hear the cocoa is warm.
But most importantly?
Every donation goes toward medical care, sheltering, vaccines, and the endless behind-the-scenes work that rescues do with tired hands and big hearts.
If you’ve never been, go.
If you’ve been, go again.
Some traditions are worth repeating.
ARL Vaccine Clinics — Shillington PA
Dec 8, 2025 | 4–6 PM
Dec 22, 2025 | 4–6 PM
Location: Pet Supplies Plus, Shillington
We say this with love and with memories of our own “gentle but firm” vet visits:
These vaccine clinics matter.
Low-cost vaccines save lives.
They prevent emergencies.
They keep community cats safe.
They help families who are trying their best but need support.
The ARL’s Shillington clinics are quick, warm, no-judgment, no-stress places where humans come to protect the animals they love. And we see them—every parent holding a nervous cat burrito, every kitten peeking out of a carrier like a cinnamon roll with whiskers.
It’s community in action.
And it makes Pennsylvania a better place for all of us.
Philadelphia Catstravaganza® 2025 — The Big One
Dec 20, 2025 | 9 AM – 7 PM
This is the Super Bowl of cat events. The Met Gala of whiskers. The place where cat lovers gather and collectively lose their minds in the happiest way possible.
Catstravaganza® brings:
Competitions
Vendors
Rescue groups
Meet-and-greets
Catwalks (yes, the pun is intentional)
Artists
Trainers
And Steven Meserve himself
If a cat-themed universe existed, this event would be the portal.
Every rescue in the region feels the ripple effect of Catstravaganza®. People adopt. People donate. People connect. Humans leave with bags of treats, toys, and enrichment supplies—things that make their cats’ worlds bigger and brighter.
If you’re within a two-hour radius, go.
If you’re not, consider going anyway. Life is short. Cat events are rare. Memories matter.
Why Cat Events in PA Matter (According to Actual Cats)
Hoomans think these events are about entertainment.
We know better.
These gatherings are lifelines:
for rescues hanging on by a thread
for families needing support
for cats like us who once waited behind shelter doors
for the community that comes together when it matters most
Every time a hooman walks through the door of a fundraiser, attends an event, or shares a post, something shifts. A cat somewhere gets vaccinated. One finds a home. One gets surgery. One leaves the streets for safety.
That is not small.
That is everything.
Your December To-Do List (Approved by the Stray Cat News Crew)
Visit Lights on Elwyn and donate if you’re able
Mark your calendar for vaccine clinics
Grab Catstravaganza® tickets before they vanish
Check in on your local rescues
Support cat cafés this season
Share an adoptable cat on social media
Light a candle for the ones we’ve loved and lost
And hold your own cats close — they’re your little universe
December is for warmth.
For community.
For choosing connection over busyness.
And for making sure every cat in Pennsylvania gets a little closer to home.
If you love supporting Pennsylvania rescues, community events, ARL updates, cat cafés, and the humans who show up for animals, keep following the stories at Stray Cat News—written, naturally, by cats who care deeply.
🐾 Coming tomorrow on Stray Cat News
We’re curling our tails around one of the biggest moments a hooman can experience — bringing home a new kitten. If you’re in Pennsylvania and about to welcome a tiny fluff into your world, tomorrow’s guide is for you.
We’re sharing everything we wish humans knew during those first days: the safe-room setup, the kitten-proofing you’ll thank yourself for later, how to acclimate slowly, and what the first month really looks like from a cat’s point of view.
It’s warm, honest, practical, and written with love for every baby whisker just starting their new life in a Pennsylvania home.
