Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for February 08, 2010

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    margueritem  about 14 years ago

    Smart boy!

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    Yukoner  about 14 years ago

    It’s even better with a full moon.

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    rentier  about 14 years ago

    I like trudge through new fallen snow, when the snow is on the branches of the trees, or ice, it looks wonderful! But it’s fine to know, that a warm room is waiting and a cup of tea or coffee!

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    Yukoner  about 14 years ago

    … or maybe some northern lights.

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    MontanaLady  about 14 years ago

    Haven’t seen Northern Lights in about 3 years. Hopefully the cycle is over and we’ll get them soon!!!

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    margueritem  about 14 years ago

    Walking through the snow on a clear, crisp night with a full moon in the sky is heaven.

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    caucel  about 14 years ago

    Hehehe you are rigth Calvin. (mag ;))

    Is better inside in a warm room.

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    Pacejv  about 14 years ago

    Each season has its rewards.

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    Danielle180  about 14 years ago

    So true, but can you add a cup of hot chocolate. and a warm fireplace to get cozy, comfy, and warm to.

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    watcha  about 14 years ago

    until you see the red eyes of a werewolf blinking at you….

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    kreole  about 14 years ago

    Go outside ‘till you get bone chilling cold….then come back in to the fireplace to hammer home what you are blessed with.

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    zero  about 14 years ago

    Agreed, if it happens only once, on March 20, less than 2” , the temp stays above freezing overnight. AND it’s all gone by the first day of Spring

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    wolfbyte37  about 14 years ago

    Beautiful but to cold, even for my standards.

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    Dino-1  about 14 years ago

    Winter can be beautiful!

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    lazygrazer  about 14 years ago

    Watterson’s first panel captured the feeling quite well.

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    Sajad  about 14 years ago

    winters are special in moonlight

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    kpreethy  about 14 years ago

    yep, ur right clavin……..but i like summer much..!!!!

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    lewisbower  about 14 years ago

    Moonlight, newly fallen snow. Where is little Susie when you need her?

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    jrbj  about 14 years ago

    It’s best appreciated when you are on a warm sunny beach in the Caribbean or the South Pacific looking at it on a picture postcard.

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    jbmetalmonster  about 14 years ago

    he’s rite, winter sucks

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    pamlicorat  about 14 years ago

    Try a sunrise over the white, snow covered mountains with a light fog in the valley and the one you love with you. Nothing better.

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    Dkram  about 14 years ago

    A good many years ago I walked home from the village (about a mile up hill) on a new years eve under a nice big full moon. One of the nicest walks I’ve ever taken.

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    COWBOY7  about 14 years ago

    I’ll take the quiet walk at night in the new fallen snow knowing that I have that warm place to go to when I get cold. It doesn’t get much better…………………..

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    Ooops! Premium Member about 14 years ago

    I’m running behind on my comics and just commented on yesterday’s but I think the same comment applies today.

    It’s beautiful, the strip the comments. (Happy Tears Now!)

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    sharden2  about 14 years ago

    Hey, Lewreader, I like where you’re going with that. That would REALLY make it perfect.

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    Plods with ...™  about 14 years ago

    “Yukoner said, It’s even better with a full moon.”

    Don’t give Calvin any ideas….

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    lobkiller  about 14 years ago

    so much for global warming

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    chubbygirlcomics  about 14 years ago

    Nothing truer then that, Calvin!

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    DolphinGirl78  about 14 years ago

    Ditto to all! :)

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    GROG Premium Member about 14 years ago

    I like looking at it from a distance, like the clips of Washington, DC on my television screen.

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    alondra  about 14 years ago

    It’s like looking at a lovely winter scene on a Christmas card. You like looking at it but not being out in it or having to shovel it or scrape it off your windshield. Hurry up spring!

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    Trainwreck_1  about 14 years ago

    …Unless it’s Sunday night and school has already been called off!

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    wbtthefrog  about 14 years ago

    I was just thinking the same as Calvin. We got 2-3 feet of snow here in Pittsburgh over the weekend and it’s a winter wonderland outside. (I did spend the entire weekend shoveling though - good exercise!)

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    dsom8  about 14 years ago

    Current weather patterns have synched up with this retro storyline!

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    Stede_Bonnet  about 14 years ago

    The only snow that I tolerate in my life is in snow cones, snow globes, postcards, holiday films and while watching the Winter Olympics from my cozy couch. The fact that millions of people choose to live with that stuff on a daily basis is proof that a large segment of the human population is clinically deranged.

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    Captain_Commando  about 14 years ago

    Remember back in I think it was the 60’s or 70’s when everyone thought the world was gonna freeze up? Then there was global warming, and now there’s the theory of “if it’s not 70 degrees all year, then it’s our fault”

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    boydk  about 14 years ago

    Hey Stede! I resemble that remark. ; ) I can’t imagine growing tired of the seasons. One of the best Calvin and Hobbes ever. Amen!

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    alviebird  about 14 years ago

    I once rode down the Blue Ridge Parkway after a snow and ice storm and under a clear sky with a full moon. All the twists and turns kept the moonlight reflecting at different angles. Every little branch was completely encased in ice. Everything sparkled. The very definition of ‘winter wonderland’. That was almost 35 years ago and I still remember it.

    And, of course, it was viewed through a car window.

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    bmonk  about 14 years ago

    Gee, I don’t remember this C&H. Lovely!

    And new fallen snow on a clear moonlit night is great, especially through a window.

    Even better while eating ice cream. (Vanilla, natch.)

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    dahawk  about 14 years ago

    Hmm. What’s Calvin doing up so early in the morning? The crescent would be the opposite if it was evening.

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    dudeabideshou  about 14 years ago

    Yes, a moonlit tramp through snowy woods sounds delightful, but here’s why I like to live in the far South (Houston): I like to visit mountain areas and ski on the snow, but want to leave it behind when I go home.

    We had one of our rare every 5-6 years snowfalls late last year in Houston. Local yokels marveled at it (including me), but luckily it didn’t stick and was not a driving problem.

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    ratlum  about 14 years ago

    A good comment from the right side of the window

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    bmonk  about 14 years ago

    jtpozenel said, about 1 pile ago

    “Looks beautiful, until you’re out in the cold shoveling it!”

    But that’s part of the point–on a clear moonlit night, through a window, you can’t be shoveling it!

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    Rakkav  about 14 years ago

    I’m in Houston, too, but I was born in NW Ohio and stayed there until 14. I’ve gotten thin-skinned since my move south; now I can only tolerate cold when it’s also dry (as it was when I visited Taos a few years ago).

    Stede, it can be equally well argued that a vast segment of the human population is clinically deranged because it puts up with subtropical summers and tropical weather year-round. I don’t deal well with those either.

    Cool and dry or hot and dry, yessirreebob. I can deal with those. If I want humidity, I’ll take a shower.

    But this is a truly gorgeous and evocative strip. The only such night I liked better was one where the snow was gently falling on a California resort to the accompaniment of a lighted lamp and a young lady friend who was enjoying the event with me.

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    khpage  about 14 years ago

    Calvin the existentialist has it right. Looking out the window at all kindsa stuff is cool. Best window experience I had, in memory at least, is looking out the window on a Christmas eve night by myself standing next to the tree with only its lights illuminating the room. I was at my sister’s house. Everyone else had gone to bed. I put down some SERIOUS prayer that night, as I recall….

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    Gretchen's Mom  about 14 years ago

    jrbj said, about 10 hours ago It’s best appreciated when you are on a warm sunny beach in the Caribbean or the South Pacific looking at it on a picture postcard.

    jtpozenel said, about 3 hours ago Looks beautiful, until you’re out in the cold shoveling it!

    ratlum said, about 1 hour ago A good comment from the right side of the window

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    My sentiments exactly!!!

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    rentier  about 14 years ago

    They enjoy to be together and their warm room!

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    AJCA  about 14 years ago

    Bliss

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    tortugasurfcostarica  about 14 years ago

    although i have fond memories of gliding down hills on my flexible flyer (which I still own all these years after), gliding over tropical waves doesn’t hurt as much.

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    Debra Gilbert Premium Member about 14 years ago

    Amen!

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    avonsalis  about 14 years ago

    When something is beautiful enough, you just don’t care if you’re cold (or, if we’re talking Tortugas/CostaRica, wet).

    Which is proof that we’re human. Or, not … I’ve seen dogs luxuriate, or leap for no reason but joy, in the sensations of the great outdoors.

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    avonsalis  about 14 years ago

    I think this is a perfect sentiment for December 26th (its stated date of original publication).

    A six-year-old boy, the first day after a stack of gifts is under his tree, appreciates what’s free. Can’t beat that.

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    tortugasurfcostarica  about 14 years ago

    avon, you’re right on the money. it’s all about how we react to the elements. that’s what makes encounters with the ecosystems, whether hot or cold or in between, so bleeep real and special.

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    bleepingdeadalien  about 14 years ago

    One year I spent my summer looking out my window due to me rupturing my achilles tendon…talk about fun…maybe it’s not the same thing as Calvin and his touching holiday sentiment…but for one summer, three whole months, that was the extent of my world as far as I could see at the window…ahhh good times, good times…

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    pintcape  about 14 years ago

    a truthful statement calvin,but go out in it for just a little while,and enjoy a snowball fight with hobbes.

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    mrslukeskywalker  about 14 years ago

    With really marshmallowey cocoa!

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    mrsauroragreenway  about 14 years ago

    i’m just one lucky person who doesn’t hav to go out in the stuff too, looking through the window is great i remember making snow angels with my bod and wud like to do it again specting up to 9” here, hope evryone stays safe!

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    whitecarabao  about 14 years ago

    The full moon on snow is a breathtaking sight – especially when it is noon!

    But how can that happen? It happens monthly in the winter if you are north of the Arctic Circle or south of the Antarctic Circle. Be sure to wear your parka, mukluks, and iron pants if you go outside to enjoy the scenery. Been there, done that.

    Now, the most beautiful scene for me is the moon over the sea seen through coconut palms, the sound of the waves gently lapping on the beach. Ahh, contentment.

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    pineapplehoney  about 14 years ago

    Smart boy!!!!

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    primalcoach  almost 10 years ago

    “The moon on the crest of the new-fallen snowGave a luster of midday to objects below.” Clement Clarke Moore

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