Peanuts by Charles Schulz for December 29, 2024

Lucy, you should have taken a holiday off.

She didn’t get real estate again.

…it’s high time someone reported her to the APA.

Did she ever pick the wrong profession!!

Sounds like my old man. “Just stop thinking about it! Snap out of it! Do something productive and forget about it!”

Lucy shouldn’t be so crabby to her best customer.

None of us got our ponies (or the racecourses they run on!)

I’ve always lived by the saying, The best way to get on your feet, is to get off your A**.

But she still took his 5 cents!

It’s been said before, and I’ll say it again. Charlie Brown has got to find another therapist.

That was just Lucy being herself.

A question to ponder, how can you tell which nickel is stupid if you have a couple of smart nickels also in your pocket?

Two smart nickels can ADD up to a dime, but the stupid nickel never even learned how to count up to two!

She is the post-Christmas letdown.

Lucy should have recited the opening lines of “Everybody Plays The Fool,” or maybe even sung the whole song.

This is not an original strip by Charles Schulz. What’s going on here?

AWESOME!

Annie: Oh, you see an analyst?

Alvy: Yeah, just for fifteen years.

Annie: Fifteen years?

Annie Hall (1977)

It seems like she has a post-Christmas let down every day.

WHAT???? Could it be a 1978 Sunday strip is replaced by a December 1965 Sunday holiday related Peanuts strip? Maybe 1978 isn’t the current year and may be POLITICALLY INCORRECT for today’s world! I hope the 1978 Peanuts cycle starts this week for both daily and Sunday if it doesn’t cycle back to the 1960’s!

I wonder how many doctors cut this out and posted it in their office.

Lucy went to the Marquis de Sade school of psychiatry.

I’ll pay the sale price of 2 1/2 cents

Is CB desperate to receive counsel from that charlatan?

Brings up the old saw about who do psychiatrists go to when they need help (obviously other psychiatrists, but then it starts turning into a nesting doll scenario).

What’s with the “holiday rates”? She’s still charging a nickel.

There’s no help for Lucy. She’s got terminal crabiness!

Sometimes, a little tough talk works, lol!

What was the holiday rate? Maybe it was a holiday berate

“Get Over It”, by Lucy Van Pelt.

Joy, joy, joy…

Basically, it’s like forcing a depressed person to stop feeling down and be happy, rather than just simply accepting their issues.

So what’s the holiday rate?

How about the helpful and full of substance phrase: “snap out of it!”

I suppose Lucy didn’t get what she really wanted for Christmas. Like real estate. Or Schroder to give her the time of day.

lucy … love her

2025 is going to be a tough year for us all. sadly, it will be tougher for people dealing with these kinds of issues. stay safe and stay strong everyone!

Lucy and Sherman’s Lagoon’s Hawthorne would make the best of friends.

Back in the good old days when the blues were seasonal! Happy New Years Folks ! ;-)

Lucy prefers to tell it like it is.

“Physician, heal thyself.”

Luke 4:23

Again, i need to point out, this strip is NOT a Charles Schulz drawing. As an artist and LONG time reader of peanuts I can clearly see this is not his work. Hasnt anybody else noticed?

This reminds me of when she yelled at him for asking for help when she skinned her knees so bad she couldn’t even walk!