Lio by Mark Tatulli for December 10, 2023

And THAT, dear readers, is why you poke holes in the lid!

And then the tree burst into flames!

But they’re eating all of the popcorn!

Very pretty tree.

I think Norman Rockwell would be interested in illustrating this as a cover.

Taaaaa daaaaa!

And you don’t run up the electric bill!

I’ll bet those are expensive, but Lio either caught them on his own or someone owed him a favor.

Catching is pretty easy; it’s the training them that’s a real trick

Dad: “Ooh!”

Ishy: “Ahh!”

To get fireflies at Christmas you have to go south to the tropics.

One of the few times Dad has approved of one of Lio’s ideas.

… and the cold killed the fireflies in one hour.

There’s a delightful Christmas song about fireflies / lightning bugs / glowworms:

hTtps://youTu.be/5eO_agEscM4?si=UnNDijH_azer6Wk2

Or search “Glow Worm (Christmas arrangement)”