A Cardiff family have decked their Christmas tree with Dalmatian-themed decorations to celebrate the spotty dogs.
Nichola McMullen, from Splott, has always been Dalmatian mad and decided to give her Christmas tree a Disney makeover this year.
Her tree is covered in 101 decorations including hand-painted baubles and spotty items from around the house.
It also has a Cruella de Vil wig as a tree topper.
The 31-year-old said: “A lot of the tree is decorated with things from around the house. I found two of my scarves and wrapped them round.
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"There's also my daughter's costume and my daughter’s bedroom wall decorations.
“There’s even some McDonald's Happy Meal toys from the 1990s that I can remember getting. The red bows are actually my daughter's hair bows.”
Nichola got creative with the tree skirt too – she bought a plain white skirt from Asda for £9, and cut and glued spots and bows onto it.
The mum-of-three added: “I would love to have a spotty tree every year. We might look around for a few different Dally decorations for next year just to change it up a bit.
“The dogs do take an interest in the tree – I think the spots draw them to it.”
Nichola, who owns a Dalmatian named Puds, says her obsession with the breed started from a young age and runs in the family.
She has always been around Dalmatians as her grandma owned one - and even has baby pictures of herself dressed in spotty outfits.
She said: “We are quite Dalmatian obsessed and we have a couple of rooms in the house also Dalmatian themed.
“Our two-year-old daughter Layla-Rose is obsessed with spots and anything Dalmatian related which reminds me of myself as a youngster.
“I was also lucky enough to have a 30th Dalmatian-themed party thrown for me last year which was great.”
But the celebrations don’t stop there as Nichola hosted a party for Puds and her chihuahua Molly for their birthdays in August.
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