Scary Gary by Mark Buford for December 28, 2023

“… For a while I am ascending that staircase to heaven?”

Things could be worse, Owen. You could be handless and also be in a large jar in someone’s basement.

Could be worse Owen. Could have been knitted wool socks.

If he can go through walls, how did he open the box?

You must be that little depressed ghost I taught a lesson to all those years ago. You’ve been chasing a cure your whole life only to get mittens now? I think that’s about the worst thing I’ve ever heard.

How marvelous.

Put them on and give yourself a nice warm hug.

Santa: WOOL Mittens!

Owen: But in life… I was allergic to wool.

Santa: Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas!

Owen’s not smitten with the mittens.

Ahh memories. Those are priceless……

Suck it up, Owen. It shows somebody cares! :)

And mittens on a string, no less. (in my non-pc youth we called them ‘idiot mittens’.)

Enjoy, Owen! Your hands will never be dead-cold again!