Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for December 24, 2019

Once again, a little over 10 years ago, a blog entry preceded this strip: 

http://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2009/12/winter-pageant.html 

(unscrambles 2nd panel words) and later, a blog entry 

http://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-continued-some-more-but-just.html 

showing a CdS pre-strip from 4 years before, that Richard redid as a series of dailies which started during this rerun here (I think): 

https://www.gocomics.com/culdesac/2017/12/19?comments=visible 

keeping maybe 20% in the process.

Alice sure didn’t know to say her line in sync with Nara.

Her face might hurt but I’ll bet her heart is full.

Sitting on those little pre-school chairs… it’ll be more than her face that hurts…

I LOVE Alice’s parents, they have the right attitude! :D

The real event is the kids watching the parents getting out of those mini-chairs! What a Hoot!

Super cute!

Talk about reliving [my kids] childhood memories. Crammed into hot smelly gymnasiums while every year from K to 6 did their Xmas thing.

The Bucket is a shoo-in for an Oscar ;)

waiting anxiously to see Dill do his part as a “head cold germ” !!!!!

Richard, Richard, why did you leave us so soon?

I want to be in a school play.

But, the restraining order won’t let me anywhere near the school.

So cute!

What do you expect from 5 year old kids?

There is nothing like the Live Theatre Experience!

Mommy & Daddy make it Extra Special, Alice….