With guests on the way and meal preparation in high gear, no one noticed Rex, the wily Yorkshire terrier, climb into the refrigerator (perhaps disguised as Yorkshire pudding). By the time he was discovered, the well-chilled pooch had managed to nosh half the family's holiday ham. Diagnosis: Pancreatitis from overindulgence; hypothermia from excess refrigeration.

Stuffie, a Himalayan cat, was catnapping on a window ledge when she suddenly awoke and jumped straight up in the air.