Goddamnit, now I imagine some Santa Skyraider who brings charred presents retrieved from the hoard to all the good christorians on 24th of february while the a-logs receive a jar of pickles.
It's the Christian Weston Chandler Love Day, regarded by many as a secondary Christmas...
Edit:
Concerning the pets, I'd assume they escaped, cats have a talent for getting out of situations unscathed against all odds. It's very likely some of them already had been gone missing, either by being run over or being consumed by the hoard (that's actually part of what makes me shudder the most, to think about some pile of barbage on top of some poor cat's remains)
It's kinda weird, we never really heard Chris say anything about the cats after the fire. I also wonder if he'd miss the new dogs as he would miss Patti, but it just doesn't look like he's actually that fond of them...