Close to Home by John McPherson for December 04, 2021

I’m sorry Santa. He’s such a little guy i don’t see Bleeb being much help. Unless he’s a whole lot stronger than he looks.

would love to hear the names of those “reindeer”, especially Henrietta the Hauling Hippo and Carmen the Christmas Cow!

Who’s the guy?

Predators in back; things will move along nicely.

Guess there might be some delivery delays this christmas

“Where is Rudolph?” He’s on stakeout at your house.

Its a kind of magic.

The motley crew….

Where’s Elvish?

Lead the way, Bleeb.

Bleeb with his nose so bright…

Reinhippo ? Reindog ,Reincow?, Reingoose ? Just dosen’t roll of the toungue, does it

Actually, Santa got a taste for venison!!

Awww, a cute little penguin in the back!

I love penguins… they taste just like chicken.

(OK, that’s five!) シ

Looks like nothing but ground delivery this year.

Bleeb needs a red nose. The hippo seems happy to get out of the heat of Africa.

I say give them a chance.

Pay a decent wage Santa. Offer health care and a retirement package. The companies that do are having no problem staffing. Don’t put yourself on the naughty list.

I sort of miss the sound of the sleigh bells I used to hear around Christmas. Just the plain old rattly low pitched jingle. Seems like now a day everyone wants a bell that plays a symphony all by itself at random times.

Or, perhaps ‘diversity’ is not always the best solution? If it is a lack of qualified employees, that’s one thing. When hired, they could learn and get qualified- that’s good for everyone! A lesser qualified individual that shows more potential is also a good hire.

Hey let’s hear it for diversity!!!!

And I christen the sleigh TITANIC…

Good strip, John!!

Bleeb’s helping out. He’s a good kid.

Qualified workers expect qualified pay. Go figure.

Don’t worry if the gifts are late Santa, you can always blame it on the supply chain.

Hey. If it works, go for it. Though I do worry about flying pigs. However it IS Santa and there IS Christmas Magic. It WILL work…..

Rudolph the red nose penguin….

Bleeb believes, and so do I!!!!!!!! :)

So this is why we’ll only be getting our Christmas deliveries when pigs fly. It’s not really due to the shipping jam after all.

Santa’s Ark?

From what I’ve been reading, there’s even a shortage of Santas this year!

Santa, may I suggest a couple of pteranodons? They actually have wings and you need fewer to pull the sleigh.

As long as they can fly, that’s what counts. Where is Tinkerbell?

That simply won’t fly.