The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for December 10, 2024

… sorry I can’t hear you with those twelve drummers drumming

I thought it was “4 calling birds” !!!

The ladies dancing were probably for himself, but I’m not going to ask what he ordered leaping lords for.

He forgot the swans!!

Don’t forget the pear tree!

The thirteenth day of Christmas.

That’s right … pin it on Bobby!

Where is the pear tree?

Bravo to Hillburn for getting it right.From a blog post years ago:

OK, we’re going to go over this one last time…

It’s “Colly Birds”, not “Calling Birds”. What IS a “Calling Bird”, anyway?

Go ahead and pronounce it, “in egg-SHELL-cious Dei-Oh”. It’s easier to say, is actually proper, and doesn’t refer to the Minnesota Wild’s Arena Sponsor.

And…

It’s not a song about a bunch of “Merry Gentlemen”, it goes “God Rest Ye Merry, (comma) Gentlemen.” It’s all about the punctuation.

Come on people. We only have ten days left.

Sing with all your heart, but sing correctly.

Sincerely,The Christmas Carol Curmudgeon

With a little thought, “Pearls Before Swine” could turn this into a multi-panel Sunday cartoon.

Now she’s going to expect to get 5 gold rings, too.

“And a hostage with a bare knee!”

See if she’s still saying that when she has to start cleaning up after them.

Robs always has been a nerdy hairbrain…gets things so screwed up all the time!

Sweet.

She doesn’t remember sending out for wings.

Again, this is really bad, but I gave it a sympathy LIKE for the effort.

I think they’re all birds – the five golden rings are pheasants

You won’t think it’s so romantic when all those birds start making all kinds of racket. Not to mention the mess they’ll make all over the place with their “fertilizer.”

No doubt the pear tree will arrive in a separate shipment.

Gonna also need several pear trees.

Heard a version from somewhere in the UK where it was ‘canary birds’ which doesn’t really fit the melody.

The monkeys will send Rob a thank you note.

How can he re-pear this mistake?

It is going to make a mess!

What, no gold ring pheasants?