I love how they thoughtfully wrote the names of the bell, star and angels on the children’s costumes for the benefit of audience members who are hard of hearing and couldn’t hear the narration.
But what about the members with poor eyesight? “Hey Martha, I forgot my glasses. One kid said she is a candle and one kid said she is a bell. What is that five pointed yellow thing the silent kid is holding up supposed to be?”
The sign says, “The ABCs of Christmas”….why did “candle” precede “bell”? And do they have enough children (not to mention IDEAS for each letter) to cover the alphabet? Stuff like this keeps me up nights. LOL
I remember the first pageant I was ever in. I & another mom were asked if our 2-year-olds could be angels, and asked if we could be Big Angels & hold them. What was really funny was we were both REALLY big angels: we were both pregnant! So, there I was: 40 years old, pregnant, dressed as an angel holding my 2-year-old angel. (Next year was better: my husband & I were Mary & Joseph – yeah, I know, I was a really old Mary – our new baby was the Baby Jesus, who slept through the whole thing – and our now 3-year-old was a sheep.)
So, is this another strip shown out of order? This has to be at least 3 years in the future, since April is only 3 years old at this point. The dialogue that these toddlers are supposed to be reciting is way more complex than children of that age would be able to handle.
Reminds me of the piano recital when I was about 8 or 9. The event was pretty formal and, I thought, phony and stilted: suits, white gloves, combed cowlicks — you get the idea. Several of my piano teacher’s students participated. She assigned me to play “Autumn Leaves” or some such sappy drivel. Although I practiced for a week or more, my heart wasn’t in the piece at all. When it was my turn, I sat at the piano and the teacher went through the introduction and, I think — for I wasn’t listening to her — described the piece. Instead of the programed opus, I played a tune that I really liked: “Turkey in the Straw.”
Asharah 6 months ago
The star probably wanted to be a dinosaur.
MichaelAxelFleming 6 months ago
“But I don’t wanna be a pirate!”
cracker65 6 months ago
Kids
rasputin's horoscope 6 months ago
I love Christmas pageant spoofs, (much more than actual Christmas pageants) and this one rings true.
snsurone76 6 months ago
Looks like April has inherited her mother’s ugly expression (see yesterday’s strip) as well as her big mouth!!
French Persons Premium Member 6 months ago
Definitely her mother’s daughter.
dcdete. 6 months ago
I love how they thoughtfully wrote the names of the bell, star and angels on the children’s costumes for the benefit of audience members who are hard of hearing and couldn’t hear the narration.
But what about the members with poor eyesight? “Hey Martha, I forgot my glasses. One kid said she is a candle and one kid said she is a bell. What is that five pointed yellow thing the silent kid is holding up supposed to be?”
Tantor 6 months ago
Who will tame her?
dlkrueger33 6 months ago
The sign says, “The ABCs of Christmas”….why did “candle” precede “bell”? And do they have enough children (not to mention IDEAS for each letter) to cover the alphabet? Stuff like this keeps me up nights. LOL
Wren Fahel 6 months ago
I remember the first pageant I was ever in. I & another mom were asked if our 2-year-olds could be angels, and asked if we could be Big Angels & hold them. What was really funny was we were both REALLY big angels: we were both pregnant! So, there I was: 40 years old, pregnant, dressed as an angel holding my 2-year-old angel. (Next year was better: my husband & I were Mary & Joseph – yeah, I know, I was a really old Mary – our new baby was the Baby Jesus, who slept through the whole thing – and our now 3-year-old was a sheep.)
SquidGamerGal 6 months ago
Just for that, you can look forward to finding a lump of coal in your stocking, you selfish unreasonable brat!
nterhune2176 6 months ago
I never wanted to be a bell, ringing day after day and making angelic choirs sing. I wanted to be… a lumberjack
goboboyd 6 months ago
Be giant steeple bell, with an actual steeple bell, and get BIG reaction. A herald indeed.
Prey 6 months ago
Doesn´t she get on your wick?
ladykat 6 months ago
You tell’em, April! You make a lovely bell, but I’m sure you’d be a glorious candle!
MuddyUSA 6 months ago
She has grown up so quickly……..
verticallychallenged Premium Member 6 months ago
The side eye from April in panel 1 is a hoot.
The Great_Black President 6 months ago
If both parents saw this…
John: I guess we can forget having a multimillionaire Hollywood actress support us in our old age.
Elly: Dear!
Jonathan K. and the Elusive Dream Girl 6 months ago
I’m a bell, an’ when I ring,
All the angel choirs sing.
I thought angels got their wings every time a bell rings.
sobrown51 6 months ago
But being a candle means you’ll have that pesky waxy build up.
paranormal 6 months ago
The star is upside down. Besides, it was a UFO leading the Wise Men to the birth of Christ…
BlitzMcD 6 months ago
Aypo needs a playdate with Shannon in another popular strip that indulges brats. That brat would sort Aypo out in short order.
oish 6 months ago
I’d rather be a candle than a bell
Yes I would – if I only could
I surely wouldg04922 6 months ago
What was the “A” ? They never tell us. An ‘Angel’ maybe?
maverick.kaminski 6 months ago
Love the "deer in the headlights’ look of the angel up next!
kamoolah 6 months ago
Looks like Aypo is gone and she is acting like her head shape again.
Hint: April’s hairdo resembles a piece of male anatomy after circumcision.
HA! 6 months ago
But she spoke so clearly!
CoreyTaylor1 6 months ago
Makes me wonder how many times April asked for the candle role, just to have her so-called friend take it away from her.
JPuzzleWhiz 6 months ago
“…and that’s not more than I can HANDLE!”
hooglah 6 months ago
Now you can be a bell with a red bottom.
Robert Nowall Premium Member 6 months ago
Frustrating, when you’re involved in something and can’t be or do what you want to.
Atewl 6 months ago
So, is this another strip shown out of order? This has to be at least 3 years in the future, since April is only 3 years old at this point. The dialogue that these toddlers are supposed to be reciting is way more complex than children of that age would be able to handle.
French Persons Premium Member 6 months ago
Canadian Christmas is……. different.
daleandkristen 6 months ago
Where is the hook!!!!!!!
Ginny Premium Member 6 months ago
What a brat.
The Great_Black President 6 months ago
Good to see Elly is not worrying about Elizabeth anymore. If something happens to her, Elly still has two kids out of three, and that ain’t bad.
Like the Royal Family, Elly has the heir and the spare.
JustMe 6 months ago
this comments section does NOT disappoint X-D
John Jorgensen 6 months ago
That was bratty.
A# 466 6 months ago
Reminds me of the piano recital when I was about 8 or 9. The event was pretty formal and, I thought, phony and stilted: suits, white gloves, combed cowlicks — you get the idea. Several of my piano teacher’s students participated. She assigned me to play “Autumn Leaves” or some such sappy drivel. Although I practiced for a week or more, my heart wasn’t in the piece at all. When it was my turn, I sat at the piano and the teacher went through the introduction and, I think — for I wasn’t listening to her — described the piece. Instead of the programed opus, I played a tune that I really liked: “Turkey in the Straw.”
fuzz3942 6 months ago
Stubborn kid!
Laurie Stoker Premium Member 6 months ago
Not cool, April. Santa will be very disappointed in you.
Devonshade 6 months ago
now I remember why I hated this brat.
KageKat 6 months ago
I’m wondering what the other parts of the Christmas alphabet are – I think I saw an E for Elf somewhere in the background.
EnlilEnkiEa 6 months ago
When she gets home, she’ll be a dead-ringer.
calliarcale 6 months ago
Well, she is certainly showing authenticity in her performance — so much so that she will never live it down! :-D