Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 20, 1987
December 19, 1987
December 21, 1987
Transcript:
Calvin: Can we get this tree, Mom? Can we? Mom: I don't know, Calvin. It's awfully expensive. Calvin: Yeah, but just think how much loot would fit under it! Dad! Come bring the Christmas tree Mom and I picked! It's a great one! Dad: This year I thought we'd just keep the tree in the garage. Calvin: In the garage?! Dad: Sure, you can go out and look at it any time you like, and it saves all the trouble of decorating it. Calvin: We're not going to decorate it?!!! Dad: Why bother? We just take it all down in two weeks on Christmas day. If you get a present.... Calvin: If I get a present?! Dad: You can take it out to the garage to open, and pretend the tree has lots of lights and..... Calvin: Mommmm! Mom: I know somebody who's going to get a lot of coal in his stocking, buster. Dad: This season gets less jolly every year..
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Me_Again over 14 years ago
EVIL DAD ALERT!!!
sunshinelegend over 14 years ago
I wonder why, dad!
Fies almost 14 years ago
Probably ‘cause of the salamander incident.
fishbulb239 over 13 years ago
This gives an inkling of where Calvin got his imagination and mischevious nature. After seeing the first two panels, though, I can’t help but wonder what kind of Charlie Brown tree mom had in mind – the thing’s no taller than she is, and she’s concerned about the price?
FredrikBT about 13 years ago
Ouf, Calvin’s dad is really mean to him.
cocoayoc about 12 years ago
LOL!!! possibly the best christmas-related strip!
bmonk about 12 years ago
Poor Calvin. Dad just can’t resist getting back a few zingers.
yow4zip Premium Member about 12 years ago
Dad is getting his jollies out.
Krendall almost 12 years ago
Bill Watterson has said that his dad used to do this to him.
Arthas972 over 10 years ago
Crushing hopes and dreams since 1985.
Xalder over 10 years ago
Yes. The season does get less jolly each year.
GAT17 almost 10 years ago
Meh, see, I’m the one who convinces my dad of these things. I once got him to believe that all passenger trains have morgues. Y’know, in case someone dies in transit.
Poor dad.
sunchaunzo almost 7 years ago
Well, you’re not helping!
MegaCass over 6 years ago
No choice of words is poorer than “if you get a present” during Christmas season…
i_am_the_jam about 6 years ago
Feh, I wouldn’t have filled his stocking with coal, he might have set fire to the house. Fill it with notes with lists of chores he has to do in order to exonerate himself, and then we’ll see if he gets anything on January 6 (Day of the Epiphany). Failing that, getting no presents would have very much straightened him out.
LHGG SigmaKiller almost 3 years ago
Oh wow. Threataning…
jr1234 over 1 year ago
Mom, you took Calvin there to buy a tree.
What do you mean that small tree is expensive.
You know they all will be around the same price per foot when you went there.
wiley207 7 days ago
And then two years later, the Dad talked about waiting until after New Year’s to get a Christmas tree from a neighbor’s driveway! And he wonders why the season gets less jolly every year…