Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for December 10, 2017

Well, Christmas IS about family togetherness. (Frank really should’ve gotten to those things about which Brad was questioning.)

We never had enough lights for that to be a major issue. ;)

If the orange extension cord is still OK, save it. Throw the lights all away. Replace them with long lasting LED types. The colors are much deeper and they draw about 80% less energy. They also do not run hot and lessen the chance of a fire.

Some fun family tradition. To bad they don’t drag Luann into it.

So Brad is thinking…

I woulda preferred Shannon. I woulda preferred Shannon.

“And that, dear family, is why we turned Druid last year. Happy Saturnalia!”

Why is Brad putting up lights at his parents’ house instead of the home he shares with Toni and TJ?

There’s also a subtle message about the problem of hoarding in the second panel.

Why on earth would they label a box “lites (broken)”? For one thing, they might as well have written “lights”. Seriously – would one more letter have taken up that much space? Secondly, why would they keep broken lights? They don’t work, so why would the keep them around?

I have 3 reels of lights and I only use one string now as I have tree made out of tomato cones, lights and garlands. I keep it under a garbage bag in the back during the rest of the year. On the other side of house, I have a laser beam with santa, snowmen, stars or snow. Then lighted wreaths on front door and a front shed. Takes a few minutes.

It doesn’t look like a whole lot of fun to me.

Our community now has a place to bring lights to be recycled. How about yours? That way you don’t feel bad keeping them instead of putting them in a landfill.

Forget about the problem of how proteins are coiled up, Christmas lights are much complicated and important.

Yep. Nothing says “Merry Christmas,” than wasting that electricity certain “folks” have been BERATING One to Conserve, all Year on a Holiday that those same “folks” are determined to separate from any and ALL ‘Religious’ significances.

Oh, Waitperson? COFFFEE, Please! For verily I see EVIL approaches…..,

We actually have boxes labeled “Xmas stuff”.

This time, Brad, YOU can take down all the lights and put them away in a proper, organized fashion.

I always organize everything into one big container labeled “Miscellaneous.”

I’m with Brad. I take them down and put them in their original boxes. It might take a longer time than just throwing them in some cardboard box, but they are ready for next time and will last longer. We have strands that are over 20 years old and still working.

Looks like an old file cartoon created for anytime Greg needs some filler. Can’t blame him, it must be almost impossible to be fresh and creative, every day for year after year.

This is DEFINITELY a “Pre-Clark Griswold / N.L. Christmas Vacation” moment"! :)

In many places, fire fighters will put all sorts of lights to decorate their stations. I’m sure they have been doing as Brad has suggested to his ‘dear old dad’!

Some also make the lights blink in sync with Christmas music and micro-broadcast it. Folks will come to look at the lights, and tune in to listen. Some displays are pretty cool!

Plus, I know most Sunday strips are stand-alone strips, but from the just previous arc, maybe Brad had other ‘plans’ involving Toni!! ;)

there’s probably a seasonal business opportunity there … putting up people’s Christmas lights.

Frank has some good ideas. Too bad he didn’t do them.

Brad is being the Good Son, while Frank is being the Inefficient Dad. Talk about family bonding that is not “a fun family tradition”!

lets list the reasons(1) its his family home(2) his mother and father and sister live their(3) his dad’s getting too old to be climbing ladders(4) and the house he shares with Toni and TJ he rents from his fatherso, lets go over that one more time, no, lets not. If you don’t get it by now you never will

I only know what I don’t know. And that’s the family tradition. (Is it?)

I really, really hate putting up my own Christmas lights…I wouldn’t even consider doing someone else’s…