For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for December 20, 2009

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    yyyguy  almost 15 years ago

    so true.

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    alondra  almost 15 years ago

    The usual story is all the santas are Santa’s helpers who dress like him.

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    Allison Nunn Premium Member almost 15 years ago

    I like Ellie’s answer and wish I thought of it when mine were small. Makes sense, and makes the transition easier. And to all you Ellie bashers out there, notice she is enjoying this walk with her children!

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    Frodo59  almost 15 years ago

    Ah, yes. Mom’s are sacred. That’s why my 1st wife and my daughter both abandoned their children.

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    11Wilderness11  almost 15 years ago

    Frodo59

    Its a good thing that all mothers are not like that or the world would be a rotten place.

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    Wildmustang1262  almost 15 years ago

    Elly, you’re right!

    Oh yeah! We always have too many Santa clones every year!

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    Allan CB Premium Member almost 15 years ago
    HO HO HO!

    did someone say Santa Clone?

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    discoEd  almost 15 years ago

    My goodness that is one bitter Mom!

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    gobblingup Premium Member almost 15 years ago

    For being so close to Christmas, there seems to be many not in the spirit…

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    Agios11 Premium Member almost 15 years ago

    A song I sang in elementary school for a concert:

    Where’s the real one, which one brings gifts to me? Where’s the real one, I’m as puzzled as can be! How can he make all his toys when he’s working all these stores? Santa Clause which one are you?

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    Max Starman Jones  almost 15 years ago

    Whine, whine, whine. Poor tortured woman.

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    Ghille  almost 15 years ago

    Really, people, do you not have any self centered thoughts? EVER? Elly is only thinking those things…not acting on them!

    She is a very human person and Mom. She loves her kids and husband.

    You must go into fits reading Erma Bombeck!

    Always loved ‘For Better or Worse’ and think you are being way negative toward the comic.

    Well, hope you have a nice holiday anyway!

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    pianist38  almost 15 years ago

    I’ve always liked it, too. Elly raised loving, well-adjusted, normal children. She has a sense of humor that balances her pique… That’s my opinion. :-)

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    mrslukeskywalker  almost 15 years ago

    I was always told that it was because Santa was so busy that he had to have helpers. I always knew which were the helpers, and which was the real Santa.

    Here’s my rendition of Elly and her “sense of humor”…..

    “AAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!! AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! POOR ME!!! MY WASTED, WASTED LIFE! POOR BITTER, SELFISH, RESENTFUL, UNFULFILLED ME! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHGH!”

    There you have her so called “sense of humor”. That’s MOST of OUR opinions.

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    marie941  almost 15 years ago

    I noticed that lately too. Elly’s whining is starting to turn me off.

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    andymeijers  almost 15 years ago

    Lizzie nodding off in the backpack-thingie is adorable.

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    alondra  almost 15 years ago

    Frodo59 said,

    Ah, yes. Mom’s are sacred. That’s why my 1st wife and my daughter both abandoned their children.

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    Frodo I’m sorry this happened with your wife and daughter, that’s rotten. But it’s just as bad when a man walks away and leaves his kids. When you become a parent you have a lifelong responsibility from that point.

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