Spangle is hyped for Christmas (that's him sitting under the tree)
And yes he's still alive. 15-years old now. Blind in one eye and a cancer battle three years ago behind him and he's still an energetic furball who gets absolutely psyched to see a human being or dog or thing. Dude's unstoppable. Still barks outside, even though he's largely just barking at fog at this point (blindness joke).