Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for December 26, 2018

Late to the epiphany, as usual, Mr. DeGroot!

sounds like my older brother who had his first-born son last month

They still have a daughter on the payroll. They are not done.

I see someone got a “Greg In A Box” for Christmas.

That actually describes LIFE!

What are you talking about – both your kids are adults now

Kids are very expensive—worth every penny!

That pretty much describe life in a nutshell!!

Kids… the gift that makes you keep paying!

Don’t we know it.

Mr. DeGroot, you just got the look. I suggest you start cleaning up the mess and taking down the tree.

No, Mr. D … it was a LACK of “planning and prep” that got you where you are today.

SEE?

SEE, Nancy?!!?

THAT’S the aftermath of what you get when you buy Ornately Wrapped, packaged “GIFTS!”

Frank was going to buy gift cards.

Oh No! THAT wasn’t Good Enough! “Too Easy,” The People said.

“Doesn’t require Thought,” the People said.

“Gift cards, don’t come from the heart,” the People said.

And THAT is why Politicians don’t listen to the People. But I digress.

Now, you have a MESS to clean up. Enjoy! And when you’re done, have FUN standing in line today to return those “gifts,” two thirds of which you Didn’t even WANT.

Next year, GIFT CARDS. No fuss, no Muss, No MESS! Or better still, CASH!

Remember:

“Everybody doesn’t like something,”

“But NOBODY doesn’t like CASH!”

“The American Way”.(snerk).

with all the “Gift cards”, you’da thought there would be less boxes.

What a mess. And people complain about Luann’s room…

A little bit of Christmas regret, but hey try not to go through life with regrets. Try anyway! Besides IMHO the DeGroots have nothing to be regretful about with their two. Good kids, normal, not off the rails at all. That is baseline no regret territory with children.

That’s all it is about, Frank. Better to clean up the wrappers than clean up after kids that aren’t going anywhere. One fights fires while the other doesn’t even know how to start one. Merry Xmas, Frank.

The Sunday (gag-a-day) strips continue…

This past December 11th, was it 2 years ago already that Toni and Bwad tied the knot?

Poor Frank: I’ll bet he didn’t even get an “I’ll clean my room” this year.

Frank, try this next Christmas: Grab a plastic trash bag, sit by the tree, and have everyone toss the torn gift papers in the trash bag. When everyone’s done with opening gifts, you’re also done with cleaning. Just pull the tie and put it out to the trash bin. This is what we do in my family – it was my idea at the first Christmas Eve with the whole extended families at an aunt’s house. I thought, whoa, imagine all the wrapping papers all over so I grabbed a trash bag and followed the gift openers with the bag.

I was hoping to see Luann give Jack a Kiss under the Mistletoe.

Makes me think of General Eisenhower observing the beaches of Normandy after D-Day.

Sounds like the Trump campaign.

I don’t remember if it was Socrates or Aristotle who bemoaned the fact that kids were better and more respectful in the “good old days.”

OK – G & K – Go back to work on some interesting plots.

Sometimes Frank is so cynical.

It took him This Long to notice?

“Planning and prep, eagerness and anxiety” could also describe my wedding day, and many of the days and nights after that.

tomorrow; standing in the return line?

There’s 12 days of Christmas, it’ ain’t over yet!

Yup! It’s the Story of Your Life, Frank, as written by Greg and Karen….

Hmmmmmm