Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 06, 2022

Ask for a lot and maybe Santa will give you 1/10.

One of my favorite SF short stories looks over the shoulder of a taxpayer near April 15th as he works with the household bot to decide which government projects he’ll fund with his taxes… and try as he might, he’ simply can’t use up the tax amount on projects they offer. So he fills in the blank to fund Peace and prosperity for everyone. And it turned out that so many other taxpayers wrote that in that year that… they actually did it! And lived happily ever after!

Note that the strangest part is the idea that the taxpayers actually get to vote for government projects with THEIR tax dollars.

I’m sure Calvin likes gambling anyway, so go for it.

“Dear Santa, I have pics of you and the Easter Bunny in a compromising position. Leave extra presents this year OR ELSE.”

Is hypocrisy “Naughty”?

Wish I was on the naughty list… the wood burning furnace in our basement can also burn coal.

Why is this black & white?

Calvin always seems to have a stressful December but he’s happy on Christmas Day. He did say one Christmas Morning, “Exoneration on all charges!”

I give Calvin and Hobbes their due. They are always thinking, calculating.

Hobbes…the voice of reason…

Cal’s risk averse – when he’s thinking. When he’s in the throes of imagination, he’s daring.

Hobbes’ right. Santa’s not stupid you know. He KNOWS what you did last summer…

Would you settle for War and Peace? Only $12.99 at the book store.

Yeah, I guess so. I mean really, sometimes you can miss judge nice people and they actually give you what you ask for. Tricky, they are.

Aaaaak! Dear Santa, I always wanted….l

So, if I ask for 20 months of political campaigns, Santa will cut it to 60 days?

Dear Santa, Sorry but I wasn’t very good this year, but momma said we need more coal to heat the house … :)

Hobbes always brings Calvin back…. to reality.

One Christmas our older daughter had asked for a specific doll. We got it for her, but forgot to pull it out when we pulled out the other gifts. Christmas morning the girls opened their gifts & were pleased. Later in the morning, we asked if they were happy. Our older daughter smiled & said that, while she didn’t get everything she asked for, she was quite happy with what she got. It was then that we remembered the doll & pulled it out. The look on her face was priceless, but we were also so happy with her attitude.

So now we know who came up with the “Dear Santa, I don’t want any gifts, I just want the USA to win the World Cup” commercial. Enjoy that lump of coal.

And THAT’S why we don’t have love & peace.

Sounds like a win-win to me; either the reverse psychology works or we get world peace

I asked for that last year and was sadly disappointed. Sigh

Love & peace leads to a better world… full of presents Go for it, kid.

In my 50’s, someone asked if Santa had been good to me. I said, yes, because I had been good all year . . . I didn’t intend to be, it just worked out that way.

What ever you do, do NOT ask for all you deserve.

I’d give up personal gifts for Love and Peace in the world.

Santa knows all the tricks by now.

Fella, at age six if you understand psychology, you are smartest kid in the class. Reverse psychology can wait. Pity, Mrs Wormwood for not discovering this.

Be careful what you wish for