FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for November 19, 2019

but it’s still mid-November

I say get the little monster an incomplete set of Lincoln Logs and be done with it.

What’s wrong with Jason’s mouth?

Not exactly subtle, are you, Jason?

I’m a very tough person to shop for. My wife always asks me what I want for Christmas. I tell her that I don’t need anything. She says, “I didn’t ask you what you need; I asked you what you want!”

We usually settle on socks. That’s as close to needing something as I get. This year, I am upping the stakes: leather belts. Most of mine are decades old and are beginning to look ratty. I need a good black one and a good brown one. I will not settle for a reversible one.

True wealth should not be measured by how much you have. Rather, it should be measured by how much you don’t need.

Christmas isn’t even until next year anyway, why rush

Jupiter-64 Gamestation? So like a N64 + Saturn + PlayStation 3-in-1 system. Back 20 years ago I’d be all over that! … Who am I kidding? I’d take one of those right now for the nostalgia. :)

I still remember when younger me read a FoxTrot strip where Paige made an advertisement for “iPod + Paige” which she put on her door, and it caused me to do something similar for a birthday gift.

In our family we have a $20 limit on Christmas presents. We mostly give one another books and CDs. The big ticket items such as gaming systems are for birthdays only and even then there’s a limit. Jason would be told to lower his expectations. Santa isn’t made of money.

The original copyright date is 1993 or 1997, I can’t make out the last number.

And we’ll have fun fun fun cuz the Christmas countdown has begun