Just watch “A Tale of Two Cities” when it comes on TV, Peppermint Patty. Just ignore the bits about the shampoo, coffee, etc. as those aren’t part of the movie.
You make that sound like a bad thing! Reading is wonderful if you can choose the book. It’s when they choose it for you and it’s some boring thing, that’s when it’s a problem.
My brother was on the high school swim team. Everyone on the team was overweight, and the coach told everyone to lose weight over Christmas break. My brother was the only one who actually lost weight over the holidays.
Giving homework over holidays, what a way to ruin the holidays. One of my son’s teachers always gave a homework assignment over the holidays. I was very glad when the school year was over and the holiday homework assignments were over and done with.
Wow, that’s rough. In my day, the days before Xmas break were full of Xmas preparation and the last one of joy and partying. Of course we didn’t have any Patty’s in our class.
3rd Grade. For the Christmas break I checked out and read the Spirit of St Louis. That was the book the librarian called my mom and asked about the books I was checking out. Mom told her if I wanted to read it, let him!
I always hated doing book reports but I would always be reading books even on vacation. Right now I am reading a biography of J. S. Bach by Christoph Wolfe, no relation.
“Happy Holidays” in 1976. Long before many of the insufferable doofuses who endlessly complain about the “war on Christmas” and the “woke mind virus” were even born.
Need coffee 9 months ago
Hopefully something from the Bunny-wunny series will be acceptable.
If not, perhaps Snoopy’s “Dark and Stormy Night” manuscript?
knutdl 9 months ago
What book?
mccollunsky 9 months ago
Find a book that works for you Peppermint Patty.
Asharah 9 months ago
Why do they make kids do book reports over Xmas vacation?
oddhumor 9 months ago
Just watch “A Tale of Two Cities” when it comes on TV, Peppermint Patty. Just ignore the bits about the shampoo, coffee, etc. as those aren’t part of the movie.
deojaideep aka Courage 9 months ago
Patty, read Leo’s Toystore by Warren Peace!! :D
orinoco womble 9 months ago
And they only get about 2 weeks off. Here in Europe it’s often 3. Our “Christmas break” starts on 22 Dec and school doesn’t start again till 7 Jan.
hariseldon59 9 months ago
No wonder she doesn’t do well in school. I loved reading at that age.
su43dipta 9 months ago
Some of us will never understand the pain of reading a book during holidays.
Macushlalondra 9 months ago
You make that sound like a bad thing! Reading is wonderful if you can choose the book. It’s when they choose it for you and it’s some boring thing, that’s when it’s a problem.
therese_callahan2002 9 months ago
Charlie Brown had to read War And Peace, and then Crime And Punishment during the holiday season.
Purple People Eater 9 months ago
My brother was on the high school swim team. Everyone on the team was overweight, and the coach told everyone to lose weight over Christmas break. My brother was the only one who actually lost weight over the holidays.
Decepticomic 9 months ago
Not for you.
Remember, kids: reading is for losers. Play more video games.
nancyb creator 9 months ago
The strip is from the pre-tablet and smartphone age, and is more timely now than it was when it was published.
GerryRoss 9 months ago
I got Kurt Vonnegut Jr.‘s "Cat’s Cradle" for Christmas one year. I read that in two days. Just a suggestion, Patty.
The Reader Premium Member 9 months ago
Quick! Google the world’s shortest book.
gantech 9 months ago
And reading is a problem because….?
jagedlo 9 months ago
And knowing PP, she’ll probably put it off until the last day of said vacation…
Grace Premium Member 9 months ago
Patty needed audiobooks. Methinks she was dyslexic.
kalflorida 9 months ago
Giving homework over holidays, what a way to ruin the holidays. One of my son’s teachers always gave a homework assignment over the holidays. I was very glad when the school year was over and the holiday homework assignments were over and done with.
Neo Stryder 9 months ago
Hey, last time I checked, Geisel’s book were real books.
sugordon 9 months ago
I teach English myself, and I have met quite a few Peppermint Pattys over the years in my classes.
Darryl Heine 9 months ago
To read a book, a whole book, and nothing but a book.
preacherman Premium Member 9 months ago
Wow, that’s rough. In my day, the days before Xmas break were full of Xmas preparation and the last one of joy and partying. Of course we didn’t have any Patty’s in our class.
sarahbowl1 Premium Member 9 months ago
That’s ridiculous! Christmas is for fun and reflection, not reading!
Just-me 9 months ago
I enjoy reading so it wouldn’t have bothered me much to have had a reading assignment over the Christmas break.
David in Webb Premium Member 9 months ago
Interesting, she’s wearing sandals to school – and it’s almost Christmas. I bet her toes get cold on the way home.
Can't Sleep 9 months ago
Ho, ho, no.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member 9 months ago
Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol by Tom Mula. Quick read. Read it in bed the other day, about an hour. A great story from a different viewpoint!!
TMMILLER Premium Member 9 months ago
3rd Grade. For the Christmas break I checked out and read the Spirit of St Louis. That was the book the librarian called my mom and asked about the books I was checking out. Mom told her if I wanted to read it, let him!
ladykat 9 months ago
Teachers can be mean.
delennwen 9 months ago
At least she doesn’t have to write a book report on “Peter Rabbit” like the rest of her friends. https://www.youtube.Com/watch?v=23MDbV-1-9M
SusieB 9 months ago
Patty should find a short book about a sports player she likes. Then she’d discover reading can be very enjoyable. I love to read. Always have.
Ellis97 9 months ago
Peppermint Patty isn’t one to read a long book. Whether it’s for fun or for school.
PaulAbbott2 9 months ago
The start of a decent arc. Gets holiday interruptions, iirc.
jrankin1959 9 months ago
Plus, a 500-word essay on How I Enjoyed Christmas.
geese28 9 months ago
Oh man that’s what they did to me when I was entering high school. 3 whole books. The upside was that they were a great read
John Jorgensen 9 months ago
Now when Chuck’s too busy with War and Peace to pay attention to your crude flirtations at the New Year’s party, maybe you’ll understand!
KEA 9 months ago
I had students like that… very discouraging… and now we have the world today
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 9 months ago
Peppermint read Webster’s Dictionary and complained it didn’t have much of a plot
rugeirn 9 months ago
If parents would read to their kids from early on and keep it up, they wouldn’t have children like Patty who damage their lives by hating books.
raybarb44 9 months ago
Just read “The Grinch that Stole Christmas” or “A Christmas Carol”. Both would take less than 45 minutes to read and would actually be fun……
Doug K 9 months ago
Merry Christmas, Peppermint Patty.
lnrokr55 9 months ago
Poor Patty, Old Sparky never ran out of ways to treat her dumb did he?
mindjob 9 months ago
Just read the crib notes, it’s faster
Scott S 9 months ago
Happiness is a Christmas vacation with no book reports to write!
I'm Sad 9 months ago
“A Real Book?” I like that.
C wolfe 9 months ago
I always hated doing book reports but I would always be reading books even on vacation. Right now I am reading a biography of J. S. Bach by Christoph Wolfe, no relation.
will.pittenger1 9 months ago
The question from today’s kids would be “What’s a book now?”
JoeMartinFan Premium Member 9 months ago
It’s nostalgic to hear it referred to as “Christmas vacation” instead of “winter break.”
Sandra Velasco 9 months ago
LOL :)
markkahler52 9 months ago
For the class? “Catcher in the Rye.” For PP? “Rubyfruit Jungle.”
T... 9 months ago
We lucky, our JC no do dat…
Otis Rufus Driftwood 9 months ago
And to all a good night!
eddi-TBH 9 months ago
They don’t discover dyslexia until Patty is an adult.
dbrucepm 9 months ago
no book specified so pick something on her level, the Dick, Jane and Spot books would work
JLG Premium Member 9 months ago
“Happy Holidays” in 1976. Long before many of the insufferable doofuses who endlessly complain about the “war on Christmas” and the “woke mind virus” were even born.