Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for December 10, 2020

Tis the Season. 5 Stars.

With all the events around Christmas being canceled… does anyone plan to go caroling this year? We do not have a parade, Candy Cane Day, tree lighting… nothing. Caroling seems like a stretch.

I’m trying to recall if there were any cats in Pixar’s Ratatouille.

Very different cattitude from the humans’.

Meow

The cats are going to get their Christmas dinner.

oh look, the Tommy’s are at the Jerry’s.

Time for a Ghostbusters Christmas: “Cats and dogs living together singing carols to mice, Mass Hysteria!!”

It looks like the cats are singing for their supper.

We wish you a Meowy Christmas!

And the next morning there was a wreath of tiny livers arranged neatly on the step.

Caterwauling or caroling, what’s the difference.

It is the season. Thank you Wiley. And a splash of Christmas cheer to all

A merry Festivus to all and a happy non trumpian new year!

Singing for their supper.

“And the lion will lie down with the lamb, but the lamb won’t get much sleep…” ~ Woody Allen

(Though Isaiah 65:25 says “wolf”).

Not a very silent night.

‘Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house, all the creatures were stirring, particularly the mouse. The cats all hung out to give the mouse a scare, while it hoped St. Nicholas would deliver it from there. The carolers were nestled with the songs they had said, while visions of cookie treats danced in their heads. And mamma in her overcoat while my toes in rhythm tapped, had just settled our brains for our regular nightcap. When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, the mouse did not want to make the cats fatter.

What is Miller suggesting about human carolers?

The carolers should all have masks!

I love to carol. I love to be caroled. I hope the mouse will be suspicious. One lesson I’ve learned in life, you can’t trust a cat.

I LUV my cats, but a word of warning, Mouse: they pounce on anything that moves. . .or doesn’t, too. . .

Would that this scene were enacted in many areas now engaged in less thoughtful activities. T’is the season but forgiveness and peace seem thin on the trees.

Prayers for all whoever and wherever.

Silent night, holy night, mousies come out, we’ve a joyful appetite.

Peace on earth, starts in the home.

And after they finish singing, the carolers are given refreshments, while the cats eat their audience. Hey, it’s 2020 – the virus may quit before Pres. Fruitcake does, so of course I’m cynical. And where’s their masks?

Sing for your supper?

Happy Hanukkah tomorrow

We wish you a Meowwy Christmas.

So carolers are really just trying to get homeowners to step outside, and once they do… POUNCE!

Today’s “Francis” comic give this strip a nod today.

Wear your singers’ masks, please!

Cats sing to other cats. Mice just make them hungry. Merry Christmas, nonetheless.

Mari Lwyd

I wonder if the mouse is going to pass out catnip?

Wait one cottonpickinminute!

Does this mean that carolers are carnivorous predators stalking us poor human house dwellers, waiting for us to show our faces, so they can pounce and consume us?!

Traditionally one gives carolers something to eat as a reward … I’m not sure the cats are envisioning warm cocoa and cookies though!

“Meowy Chris-mouse”…

I have heard that Christmas Caroling only happens in America. Europeans think we are nuts.

hey, take a look at his one on Dec 19th, 2001! Hahaha! I couple of small differences!

Who is making the worse caterwauling?

Caroling during a Pandemic.

We already Know that Singing spreads the virus Faster & Further.

I wonder if they’re all singing the same song

Actually, caroling should be the safest thing we do.

her face says, sigh, it’s 2020

Mum (mom?) is definitely not sure what to make of the cat carol singers.

They have just finished putting up the lights in my town, trouble is all the shops shut at 6, there is a curfew and it doesn´t get dark until 7!

I’m happy enough with a Solstice bonfire, complete with a Yule log.

Kitty caroling, how sweet!