Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for December 24, 2012

Uh… I don’t recall the children in “The Night Before Christmas” sleeping uncomfortably in fright while envisioning sugar plums dancing in their heads.

I love Dil.

For Calvin, there’s “Chocolate Frosted Sugar Plums”.

Merry Christmas Everyone Click on my rabbit, please.

Good grief, have they never eaten plums?

@happyathome thanks

Beni is too cynical for a pre-schooler! C’mon, Beni; we all know that Dill is correct! (Beware the sugar plums tonight, kiddies!)

Looks like Kevin and Dil are working on the same theme for their drawings, although Dil took it to a whole nuther level.

@happyathome

Thank you, and a very Merry Christmas to you, too!

I agree with Alice, Dill has the best answers!

The heck is Dill drawing?

I finally went to Wikipedia:“A sugar plum is a piece of dragée candy that is made of dried fruits and shaped in a small round or oval shape.12

“Plum” in the name of this confection does not mean plum in the sense of the fruit of the same name. At one time, “plum” was used to denote any dried fruit. 3 Sugar plums can be made from any combination of dried plums (aka prunes), dried figs, dried apricots, dried dates, and dried cherries. The dried fruit is chopped fine and combined with chopped almonds, honey, and aromatic spices, such as anise seed, fennel seed, caraway seeds, and cardamom. This mixture would then be rolled into balls, often then coated in sugar or shredded coconut."

Thinking of you and yours, Richard, during this holiday season!