Peanuts Begins by Charles Schulz for December 01, 2024

Yeah city/suburban skiing is hard.

I remember trying to “skate” on about half an inch of ice in a concrete tennis court. “Sledding” wasn’t much fun in the flat part of Iowa, either.

Patty’s skis hit a clown with a bunch of balloons

I first read Charlie Brown’s dialogue as “once we get out OF the country.” For a second there, I imagined that he and Patty were fugitives on the run from the law.

Gotta watch them catchbasins!

Patty’s day is going down the drain.

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It makes sense that cross-country skiing was well known in Minnesota that far back.

Wait til you get to a hill!