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There ARE some advantages to being âhigh churchâ⊠our house lights donât go up until the first Sunday in Advent, and we donât sing a single Christmas carol until December 24th. It helps prevent burnout.
Of course you know, the black hole got started the moment they put Black Friday into the mixâŠ
For the record, I just sit back and watch the madness go on. There are advantages to being original ChurchâŠwhich neither heard of nor observed nor commanded any of this.
We donât decorate for Christmas,
since weâre never home.
And yet my wife insists on buying MORE Christmas decorations every year after the holiday.
So this year weâll use the decorations at Thanksgiving and invite some friends over.
Iâm going to celibrate Buy Nothing Day. In fact, Iâm having a Buy Nothing Christmas. With the rotten economy, Iâll bet a lot of people will be having a Buy Nothing Christmas.
My dad wouldnât let us play Christmas carols or light the lights until the end of Thanksgiving day parade, (Santaâs at the end!)
so nobody else should get to do it before then, eitherâŠ
Hey, and what is the trend away from colored lights at Christmas time, to bland while lights? That doesnât look Christmassy in the least! We see white lights all year long. Canât we have one season with pretty colored lights?
Dracip, thatâs entirely up to you. Use as many colored lights as you wish.
The first time I saw white lights used for Christmas was probably when I was in Junior High or High School, and they had decorated all the trees along Michigan Avenue in Chicago with white lights. It was very elegant.
I remember an episode of âThe Weird Al Showâ in which Al was throwing a party celebrating all the holidays of the year at once. One of the games was bobbing for turkeys.
Margueritem and Dracip - I guess it all depends on whether you want your decorations to be elegant, or fun. I did white lights for a while but Iâm back to colored now. As I get older I realize that fun trumps elegance any old time.
margueritem over 15 years ago
Perfect! Somone in the neighborhood has his house Totally decorated outside for Christmas alreadyâŠ
zero over 15 years ago
This is a job for Ichabod Crane
captainedd over 15 years ago
I started passing out drumsticks with the Snickers bars
Rakkav over 15 years ago
Well, at least itâs better than the Getmas jokes used heretofore.
(Why not âHallowthanksmasâ? Too sacred-sounding? It would be in the proper order of condensation, though.)
wicky over 15 years ago
Just bipass the holidays and save a bundle.
pearlandpeach over 15 years ago
Thanks Rakkav, my thought exactly. Kinda like Bosnewwash=single town all down the coast.
alan.gurka over 15 years ago
Oh no! Will all our days off also be condensed into a single day?
cdward over 15 years ago
The Headless Turkey Claus! LOL!
Digital Frog over 15 years ago
Sorry Marg, my wife had everything up but the tree last week.
mrsullenbeauty over 15 years ago
Ho ho gobble gobble âŠ
Dmajor over 15 years ago
Nah, thatâs just Merv Pumpkinhead, messinâ with ya!
ChiehHsia over 15 years ago
There ARE some advantages to being âhigh churchâ⊠our house lights donât go up until the first Sunday in Advent, and we donât sing a single Christmas carol until December 24th. It helps prevent burnout.
Ray_C over 15 years ago
This promises to rival the Planet of the Donut People for pun opportunities. Donut hesitate to contribute!
Trebor39 over 15 years ago
You betcha!
BillTidler over 15 years ago
Iâm in a holidazeâŠ
Rakkav over 15 years ago
Of course you know, the black hole got started the moment they put Black Friday into the mixâŠ
For the record, I just sit back and watch the madness go on. There are advantages to being original ChurchâŠwhich neither heard of nor observed nor commanded any of this.
scrab over 15 years ago
One Of my neighbors didnât take down their Christmas decorations til Aug
captainedd over 15 years ago
Sean, you must live down South here with me
vawser over 15 years ago
We donât decorate for Christmas, since weâre never home. And yet my wife insists on buying MORE Christmas decorations every year after the holiday. So this year weâll use the decorations at Thanksgiving and invite some friends over.
PappyFiddle over 15 years ago
I, yes I, had my decs up before ANYONE else.
I just left âem up from last year.
Lawrence Stetz Premium Member over 15 years ago
I wonder though. If you removed buying presents for each other from the equation, Would Christmas go back to being celebrated in December?
zerotsm over 15 years ago
Iâm going to celibrate Buy Nothing Day. In fact, Iâm having a Buy Nothing Christmas. With the rotten economy, Iâll bet a lot of people will be having a Buy Nothing Christmas.
Varnes over 15 years ago
My dad wouldnât let us play Christmas carols or light the lights until the end of Thanksgiving day parade, (Santaâs at the end!) so nobody else should get to do it before then, either⊠Hey, and what is the trend away from colored lights at Christmas time, to bland while lights? That doesnât look Christmassy in the least! We see white lights all year long. Canât we have one season with pretty colored lights?
margueritem over 15 years ago
Dracip, thatâs entirely up to you. Use as many colored lights as you wish.
The first time I saw white lights used for Christmas was probably when I was in Junior High or High School, and they had decorated all the trees along Michigan Avenue in Chicago with white lights. It was very elegant.
Keith Messamer over 15 years ago
Happy Ramahanukwanzmas, everyone!
Sherlock Watson over 15 years ago
I remember an episode of âThe Weird Al Showâ in which Al was throwing a party celebrating all the holidays of the year at once. One of the games was bobbing for turkeys.
ChiehHsia over 15 years ago
Margueritem and Dracip - I guess it all depends on whether you want your decorations to be elegant, or fun. I did white lights for a while but Iâm back to colored now. As I get older I realize that fun trumps elegance any old time.
Aurion over 15 years ago
Thatâs the second scariest amalgamted holiday icon Iâve ever seen! (The first was in Sluggy Freelance.)
David Huie Green LikeNobody'sEverSeen almost 6 years ago
This gives me an idea for the next Sharknado movie!!!!