Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 12, 2010

Forced goodness…

So much for that plan!!

Hey, Watch what you say about girls, Calvin!

Calvin is smart about girls at an early age.

Would Susie tell on Calvin?????

You betcha!!!!

Good thing Hobbes was doing the thinking here, Calvin!

G’Morning, Marg, Mike & Grog!

And again, it works…

“Alas! How dreary would be the world if there was no Santa Claus!… There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence.”

FRANCIS P. CHURCH, New York Sun, Sep. 21, 1897

Don’t worry, Calvin. You only have to be unwillingly good for 13 more days.

It’s better to go the way with Hobbes, Calvin!!

Hobbes is just protecting his honey.

Aren’t all kids unwillingly good this time of year?

Good Morning, Marg, Mike & ♠Lonewolf♠

But as Jon just learned, you have to wait on hold a LONG time to get through to Santa’s Naughty Line! I doubt if Susie would have the patience…

By that argument, Susie could make a false accusation against Calvin, and Santa wouldn’t know she was lying. Good thing Calvin’s not paranoid….

Destiny23 - i read “Calvin & Hobbes” first this morning and didn’t understand your naughty line reference until i went and read “Garfield” - excellent use of cross-strip referencing! lol

He is a great protector!

“For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward…” I Corinthians 9:17a Even if I do it unwillingly, at least I avoid the consequences of not doing it.

But , I believe that Calvin has a plan A,,B, C, D, etc.

My granddaughter asked me with the smallest voice yesterday if she’d been naughty or nice this year? I said nice of course. She said she wasn’t sure and did I think that Santa would agree with me. I told her not to worry and Santa will come this year. She kissed me and said she was very happy. I just thought it was so cute!

I procrastinate at being bad so everyone thinks I’m good when I’m just lazy.

**Good morning Marg! Good morning Fran and Kizzzy! Good Morning L’Wolf! Good Morning Grog!**

So if you want to be bad but you’re not because you have something to gain does that equal being good?

The difference between the Old Covenant and the New Covenant: the Old, you had to make yourself be good by all those rules; the New, you submit and believe and HE changes your heart so you can be good from the inside.

Very theological, isn’t that the way most of us think of God? Gotcha?

Wow! Girls are such neeners! She probably would!

Folks, we are watchin a future CEO going through childhood.

I Need One Of Those Signs…

Hes finally using his brain she would tell. Or hit him with a bigger snow ball.

It sounds like Santa employs the same methods as the IRS.

Again, Ray Stevens:

” ‘cause Santa Claus is watchin’ you!” “He’s everywhere, he’s everywhere!!”

It’s sometimes hard work on ouerselves to be good!

Of course Santa can’t watch every kid at once … that’s what his ”helpers” are for!

Its not like being good now will solve anything this is the “Noddle-Incident” Kid we are talkin’ about here.

Good Idea with the sign though. :)

As much trouble as Calvin get in, even Santa’s random checking would catch him in something.

Night-Gaunt49 Human beings survived because of this good trait even in prehistoric caves. To us enjoying my friend Calvin learning this with the help of Hobbes.

Throw the snowball Calvin, throw it now! Frame 7 is the Calvin we know and love!

If Santa happened to be watching at that time, it would give him the wrong impression of how Calvin usually is. Put another way if this was one of the few random checks, the amount of naughtiness per check would be higher.

Poor Calvin–such a moral dilemma: Should he be good, and possibly not gain any reward? Should he be bad, and possibly suffer if someone notices?

He’ll continue to torment himself until he realizes how much better being good is for his peace of mind, his well-being, his relationships, as well as various other ways.

Maybe throwing snowballs is a GOOD thing? Can’t see how, but I am a little myopic, somethimes

Nightgaunt - it constitutes somewhere around 5%, but that’s enough to terrorize the rest of us. Puddleglum2 - I am reminded of the piece of Scripture which says: “those who would be justified by the law…”

@JAMEJO, it would be good in a proper context–such as a snowball fight, which is practice for real-life conflicts, like war. But in this context–smacking an oblivious Susie–that’s probably not good.

Yeah, that’s what I was thinking - it’s a GOOD thing he ran it by Hobbes first, since he didn’t think of the “she’ll snitch” angle himself…

I need a Hobbes to help ME think straight, too!

forced by Santa!!!! no wait, susie!