Peanuts by Charles Schulz for December 17, 2020

If that was a joke Linus, it was a pretty cruel one.;-/

Impending doom awaits you.

Every once in a while Lucy’s cruel side rubs off on Linus.

I do not remember Linus being so sarcastic as he has been recently, first Chuck with the “Snowman Building League” and now he is trolling little Sally…..

Linus may be getting a side effect of 2020.

Well played, Linus.

Linus’ way of saying: “Hey Sally … Sweet Baboo this!”

’tis the season to be merry, after all, Sally!

One of the few times that you can really tell that Linus and Lucy are related!

“Don’t you know sarcasm when you hear it?”

And Santa’s on break from monitoring us…

She’d never slug her sweet baboon.

Today’s lesson; when a lady says she doesn’t want anything for Christmas what she really means is she wants a jewelry store underneath her tree

How can a necklace cost $10,000? I know Mercedes cars and Lincoln Town Cars are very expensive.

Some people just cannot take a joke.

This strip is the one for December on my ‘Peanuts’ wall calendar. I figured it would come up in this storyline.

Is slug a snail?

“Can’t cancel your order kid; that item has already shipped and it’s non-refundable.”

Sally, Linus is joking. Don’t believe him. If you do, Lucy will slug you.

Well at least Sally knows which side of the naughty or nice line she needs to be on. If she slugs Linus in the new year, she’s got all that time to make up for it. :-)

Who said I was getting you anything to begin with?

Um, Linus? Don’t you remember Halloween, when you asked Charlie Brown, “You heard about fury and a woman scorned, haven’t you?” You were talking about Sally!! Why would you mess with her?!?!

Love and Peanuts — the constant battle.

Why wait to hit him, Sally?

Good grief. Santa had an expensive demand for Sally. She probably underestimated the love of her comrades.

Linus, begin searching now for the tool which deflects as mirrors similarly reflect.

I wonder if, between this and missing out on Halloween waiting in a pumpkin patch for a nonexistent deity, Sally is reconsidering the whole “sweet baboo” thing.

Bear in mind that Sally had yet to introduce the Sweet Babboo pet name. It will be another few years until we hear her say it..

“I’M NOT YOUR SWEET BABBOO!”