Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for December 23, 2014

Compare “need” with “want”… ;)

To go on with Luann, who said “let’s limit gifts to one each”?

it’s a definitional thing.Need to a male adult is not the same critter as to a Luann.

Brdshtt: left you a message late in " yesterday’s" posts… ;)

Hey!, Brdshtt! Can I receive one of those boxes?! LOL! Actually, I bet those kinds of gifts are appreciated by all… ;)

Ever the cynic, daddy.

I guess that was for the people who only read the Sunday comics…actually, Greg’s Sunday comic never (as far as I know) connects with the dailies… ;)

Wow! That was a happy accident!

That’s the kind of incident that happens only in movies! Lucky break for you.-So do you go to Trek cons? You might want to take the trimmed tree with you if you do…

Wow! 22 Rolls of wrapping paper! Where did you put it all?! I have mine in an U-Haul clothing box which is on top of an office-style cabinet. I have to either a) get a step-stool and pull on the box, or b) call the hub so he can get it down! (I like “b” better!). Don’t know how many times that blasted box has bonked my head! ;)

29 trees!!! You all must start the decorations right after Halloween! ;)

Do you leave the trees up year-round, and just decorate them for different holidays?

Yes, I did not do my annual tree-trimming lights this year. Just didn’t feel like it! So, I concentrated on the inside, but we only have one tree LOL! Well, GC is giving me fits again (or, most likely, my ISP/xp), so I’ll say, ’nite all! ;)-——————————————“Well, Mr. Baldwin! this is a pretty kettle of fish! (The abdication crisis, 1936), James Pope-Henneesy, Life of Queen Mary 1959. (QM: 1867-1953)

The City Of Vancouver, has a campaign, called "Create Memories, Not Garbage. I think the Degroot Family should adopt that policy next year.

My goodness but you live in a dark world!

My family had a conversation similar to this every year for many years, and it never led to my parents (or anyone else) divorcing. ;)

Get serious, Frank! Do you really think the women in your house are going to let you get away with that “we” business?!

I need everything I want!

I heard a radio commercial the other day that had a wife excited about getting a water softener for Christmas. Now that is what I call a fantasy.

Splendid idea!Or donate $xx to their charity of choice. (I did that one year..it was nice!)

Wow! Merry Christmas to YOU! (donate the $43.49 to charity!!)

Aaaannnnd we have the gender differences. Frank, haven’t you learned yet that your wife and daughter consider shopping FUN?

WHY 85 Gifts, Frank? Because YOU Are PAYING for It!

God forbid people limit themselves on the buying, the whole economy would crater.

It’s an excuse to go binge shopping…definitely a chick thing.

I have been trying to give my 7 1/2 feet tall artifical Colorado pine Christmas tree away on Citrus Heights Freecycle. Three people said they wanted it, but none of them came and got it. It is still on my front porch in the box it came in, but it is used. It still looks nice when decorated, and it has all its branches. I got a new one because I wanted one with lights. My old one does not have lights. Brdshtt, you really got lucky at Target. :) Do you know anyone who needs a tree and would like one for free?

Nancy has it right. She probably has everything she needs, but buying presents is fun. It is even more fun to give them. It is also fun to be a part of a gift exchange that is a game.~ The Game:~All gifts are placed in the center with the guests gathered around. Draw a number, and when your number is called, you pick a gift and unwrap it. You can keep the gift or trade it (steal it) for a gift a guest already chose and opened. Each gift can only be stolen twice. ~This year’s gift for the gift exchange: A fancy bottle of tequila from Target wrapped in tulle and protected with homemade pot scrubbers, an old fashion bottle opener with the SF 49ers logo, a Snoopy tree ornament, an Opus dressed as a witch knick-knack, a screw in hook, an unwrapped set of bath gel and body lotion bought from Goodwill, and a few other this and thats from Goodwill.~One year I ended up with a Poo Pet. It was chicken poop molded into the shape of a chicken.~Luann might have all she needs at the moment, but being a college student, there are plenty things she will need as time goes on. It is nice to have them ahead of time.

Hmmm… Luann is acting like a spoiled brat, thank goodness it wasn’t Tiffany otherwise everyone would be lambasting her.

Hmmm… Luann is acting like a spoiled brat, thank goodness it wasn’t Tiffany otherwise everyone would be lambasting her.

Merry Christmas (from NCR)

" I think we’re barreling towards a Christmas Day divorce"-Their minor bickering seems to be friendly, not hurtful. Just because two people sometimes have differences of opinion or are even baffled by each other, it does not mean they are destined to divorce.

It’s unlikely that there are literally 85 gifts. If each family member got one gift for each of the others, that is a total of 16 gifts – which is going to look like a lot. It doesn’t take very many extra items before the gift pile looks enormous.

“Why are they still putting more presents under the tree?”.You just don’t understand the comic strip space/time continuum, do you?

You do have everything you NEED, you just don’t have all the things you WANT Big difference.

If the Lockharts aren’t getting divorced, these two sure aren’t getting divorced! You might as well wait for the Bumsteads or Archie’s parents to get divorced! Evans only deals in way-out unreality.

LOL!!

I hope we all get one or two things we didn’t know we needed this year. Some of the gifts I got that I didn’t really need have been the best ones.

Those Lockhorns crack me up. :)

Seems like only Rosa and Quill don’t give a crap about not being home for Christmas. Tiffany is probably alone, and Gunther might as well be. Frank will get a new phone he can’t understand, and Nancy will get pregnant.

“I’m just saying if Evans is foreshadowing a divorce he’s doing a great job.”.Are you divorcing someone vicariously? having them do what you would like to do?For others I would suggest counseling to try to save their marriage, but for the good of whatever spouse might be involved… Never mind.

You’re right, the Lockhorns have been going at it for decades.

I was thinking that, or Andy and Flo Capp ;-PPP

“Divorce them if you’re going to make them resent each other.”AND“It’s not that I would love it, I just think it’s more interesting than watching married couples snipe at each other”.But they aren’t sniping at each other..Nobody normal wants people hating each other.Nobody normal likes to imagine it in aa strippartly aimed at insecure children.y

“When it’s unveiled they will talk about how they’ve been going to counseling, but it didn’t work.”.I wasn’t talking about THEM needing counseling

Frank and Nancy are solid. She enjoys touching him and getting dreamy eyed about their sex life. She’s a romantic and Frank is just a guy, but he knows that he has a hot wife.

Wow!!! Christmas morning must have been FUN at your house! Sort of reminds me of Christmases at my aunt’s house. She had five children, one every other year, except the last one who skipped a year (in addition to the every other year)!

“Frank is attacking Nancy for buying too much stuff. Nancy snaps back that it’s fun and she’ll do what she wants.”.Frank isn’t attacking. He’s mystified.Nancy isn’t attacking. She’s explaining the female viewpoint to her beloved but clueless husband.

“I wasn’t talking about THEM needing counseling.-Please refrain from personal insults.”.It is not a personal insult to recognize someone is displaying signs of domestic disharmony.You see conflict everywhere just as a John Burch Society member sees a Commie under every rock.