Twelve Cats for Christmas is a children's book by Martin Leman, with art by the author, published in 1982. It is available at the Internet Archive.
The author is known for his cat art, and the illustrations are the star attraction of this book, which provides a feline version of the Twelve Days of Christmas countdown. The difference is that there is just one cat each time, so the days increase in number but just one new cat per day, although that does mean, I suppose, that the recipient ended up with twelve of those black cats in a pear tree which get the story started.
On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me
a dozy cat napping
a shy cat watching
a grey cat walking
a naughty cat playing
a small cat hiding
a seaside cat purring
a white cat waiting
a fat little tabby
an amber cat resting
a moonlit cat smiling
a stripy ginger kitten
and a black cat in a pear tree.
Because I happen to own a big grey cat, I picked that page for the screenshot; all the art is very lovely!
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