Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 04, 2018

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    BE THIS GUY  almost 6 years ago

    Santa will just have to raise taxes on the elves and use generic reindeer feed.

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    The Calvinosaurus That Calvin Wanted To Discover  almost 6 years ago

    Santa has a lot of money!

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    codycab  almost 6 years ago

    Santa is a really busy guy.

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    Templo S.U.D.  almost 6 years ago

    I bet Santa just goes around The Home Depot or Lowe’s or somewhere in order to obtain the raw materials, Calvin.

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    Robin Harwood  almost 6 years ago

    What makes Calvin think Santa pays the elves?

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    nosirrom  almost 6 years ago

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    Another day older and deeper in debt.

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    wcorvi  almost 6 years ago

    You better watch out, you better not cry Better not pout, I’m telling you why Santa Claus is dead!

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    orinoco womble  almost 6 years ago

    Because the entire polar ice-cap is one huge free port, Calvin. Of course, global warming has really shrunk Santa’s assets…

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    Kaputnik  almost 6 years ago

    It’s a really complex money laundering operation.

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    bluram  almost 6 years ago

    In the first grade as usual, year after year.

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    Scorpio Premium Member almost 6 years ago

    Santa exists in a post-scarcity utopia where anything you want is available through the miracle of pattern replication. All he needs is power, which he gets from a massive array of solar collectors which is wirelessly transmitted back to the north pole using a microwave beam.

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    dewcoons  almost 6 years ago

    Its not going to affect you at all, Calvin. Only the good kids get the toys.

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    Lenavid  almost 6 years ago

    He funds his operation with magic, like all other deficit spending operations. He uses other peoples’ money.

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    jpayne4040  almost 6 years ago

    You’ll be depending on your parents for all of your toys!

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    cubswin2016  almost 6 years ago

    Calvin does not understand magic. He should watch The Polar Express.

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    jrankin1959  almost 6 years ago

    Always back to the primary focus…

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    WoodstockJack  almost 6 years ago

    I dunno, Cal, but I think we’ll be finding out soon enough.

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    YippiKiAyMofo  almost 6 years ago

    “…and then where will I be.” In 2018 staring down deficits that would crush any other country on the planet. But hey, just keep buying stuff and it’ll all be okay….right? The piper is never gonna have to be paid…right?

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    guenette.charlie(BozoKnows)  almost 6 years ago

    Santa has extensive agreements with various toy manufacturers around the world, then sends his elves to pick up the finished products.

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    mourdac Premium Member almost 6 years ago

    You should see the marketing agreements St. Nick has with the toy companies. Why do you think there’s a new “hot toy” each year? High bid = sold out toy.

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    flemmingo  almost 6 years ago

    If Washington can do it so can Santa!

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    Motormaniac  almost 6 years ago

    Volume; Santa does tremendous volume…

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    ericbutts74  almost 6 years ago

    It’s a Pyramid with Elves on the bottom and Mrs. Claus working the Ponzi angle.

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    sandpiper  almost 6 years ago

    Who says childhood is not a good preparation for adult life? In childhood, it’s me, me, me. An adult says, _ it’s I, I, I.

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    Bookworm  almost 6 years ago
    “Look, Charlie Brown, we all know that Christmas is a big commercial racket. It’s run by a big eastern syndicate, you know.” Lucy to Charlie Brown in “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” First aired December 9th, 1965.
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    mountainclimber  almost 6 years ago

    What a clever metaphor for the wastrel in the white house.

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    Herb L 1954  almost 6 years ago

    A lump of coal,and a bunch of switches for you,Calvin ;(

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    Ray*C  almost 6 years ago

    It’s very simple. Would you leavey our doors open at night while you sleep? No, but we let Santa into our houses through our chimneys, and while we sleep with visions of sugarplums dancing in our heads, he loots the place. The reindeer make a racket on the roof, so we don’t hear Santa. Then he quickly scarfs down the milk and cookies, and, with a merry “Ho Ho Ho”, off he goes to the next victim. QED

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    DCBakerEsq  almost 6 years ago

    It’s all Chinese money.

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    Ermine Notyours  almost 6 years ago

    Whatever Santa does, Toys ‘R’ Us didn’t figure it out.

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    streetbeater  almost 6 years ago

    [ insert political rant about [deficit spending][socialism][irrelevant topic] here ]

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    paullp Premium Member almost 6 years ago

    The only simple, straightforward and correct answer to Calvin’s question is: magic!

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    zeexenon  almost 6 years ago

    Ask the U.S.A. government. They will explain how to ignore insurmountable debt and live happily forever. One of their ideas is to build 3 H-Bombs for every person on earth. Another plan is to blame the other or minor Congressional party when the Collection Agency comes-a-calling.

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    Doug Taylor Premium Member almost 6 years ago

    Out of the mouth of babes

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    rAtkinson  almost 6 years ago

    I would just bill the parents, “or next year I won’t bring them anything, and you’l have to explain”.

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    gantech  almost 6 years ago

    Even a six year old sees that deficit spending doesn’t work.

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    Scoutmaster77  almost 6 years ago

    I think Santa eats Chinese food now.

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    FredCapp  almost 6 years ago

    Just a small reminder, St. Nicholas is also the patron saint of thieves.

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    Sailor46 USN 65-95  almost 6 years ago

    The Ultimate Pymiard scheme.

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    ChessPirate  almost 6 years ago

    He’s got a huge milk and cookie business, Calvin…

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    watashi73  almost 6 years ago

    The dollar will probably have to be renamed as an OPM which is code for other people’s money. When the Santa Claus party finally regains power and everything becomes free for everybody we will eventually run out of OPM’s.

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    Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member almost 6 years ago

    Calvin, why is it ALWAYS about you?

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    Stephen Gilberg  almost 6 years ago

    Maybe Santa secretly owns a megacorporation.

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    anomaly  almost 6 years ago

    Santa’s good at making things. He probably prints his own money.

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    Nuke Road Warrior  almost 6 years ago

    Santa is financed by protection money from parents of children like you. No protection money, you’re on the naughty list and no toys for you.

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    ranordsieck  almost 6 years ago

    OMG! Does that mean Santa is a Democrat?

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    craigwestlake  almost 6 years ago

    Working in the congressional accounting office…

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    hagarthehorrible  almost 6 years ago

    Yes, where will Calvin be once the deficit spending leads to bankruptcy of Santa. Pretty deep thinking for a five year old.

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    Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo]  almost 6 years ago

    Why his technology uses molecular recombination to manufacture what he needs. So he is richer than anyone can be and older too. And most of all happier.

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    gbars70  almost 6 years ago

    I’m thinking 3-D printer.

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    Schmevin Schmotur Premium Member almost 6 years ago

    Santa can maintain the deficit spending as long as Christmas mirth remains the world’s reserve currency.

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