Off the Mark by Mark Parisi for December 20, 2024

I am reminded of Winky D!nk. I adored that show as a kid. (Apparently the second name is a banned word. Had to edit.)

YouTube. Do a search for CGI 3D Animated Short: “Christmas Star”

Google “eat n park christmas tree commercial”

It’s a local ad that’s been running for 40 years. It’s very cute.

ouch!

my assteroid!

Worst advice ever.

Eh??

Must have landed in Wall, not Stormhold

Aw, poor Little Star. It’ll be the guest of honor for a few days, then stored in a box in the closet or the attic for almost a year.

Impaled!

Prepare to be (pine scented) probed!

And first thing they do is shove a tree up your butt!

I don’t get it…

Well! It’s a great honor to top off the tree with your brightness!

Star light, star bright……

Star on a spar? Serves it right for landing next to an eastern European named Vlad.

This is gonna hurt a little…

I suppose a bowl of ‘chicken and stars’ wouldn’t help the matter.

Look up Bob River’s song, Who Put the Stump . It starts:

I’d like to find the guy

Who done me wrong

And stuck my butt up

On this Christmas tree.

Who put the stump

In my rump-ba-bump-ba-bump?

Who took and jammed it

In my ram-a-lam-a-ding dong?

Who stood the wood

Where I poop-she-poop-she-poop?

Who put the stick

Up my hipty-dipty-dip?

That’ll make it hard to tinkle, tinkle little star.

Atheist here; but I am surprised that nobody noted that the star symbolizes “the star of Bethlehem”.

Your mom would have the same expression too if someone rammed you there with a tree!

Santa’s late & frustrated ‘cause he’s had to deal w/an elf strike & his reindeer bolting & the bag ripping & he’s several hours late starting & along comes the X Mas angel—-“Hey Santa…”“Later, Angel.”“But, Santa…”“Later…”“But, but…”’I SAID LATER, ANGEL!!!"“But Santa, what should I do with this tree?”