Oh, I feel your pain.
Last year we had 2 kittens and the Christmas tree. This year, those kittens are a year and a half, and we have another 7 month old kitten. :lol: Chasing each other around the Christmas tree is their favorite past time, as is stealing ornaments, and leaping off the couch arm or windowsill into the tree. The back of it has a whole bunch of bent branches. :lol:
BTW, my kitten is black too.
His name is Onyx.