Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 01, 2019

Calvin is always in the Christmas spirit.

If Calvin messes with the postman, he’s gonna get coal.

(Anyone who’s seen the recent animated Netflix Christmas movie “Klaus” will get the reference.)

Sorry Calvin. Santa doesn’t carry dangerous stuff with him.

Why should Hobbes give you a boost? Figure out how to get it in there yourself.

Calvin, your 6 years old, you haven’t killed anyone yet, you’ve been to space several times. made Rosalyn work for her money and you just being alive gives Mom & Dad, Rosalyn, Susie lessons in building their character. You’ve been good this year, you’ve done your job.

Back when you ACTUALLY mailed stuff, instead of sending it online…

$2.40 is not that much

This just reminded me to look for “Scrooged” this month. The best part to me is the first few minutes—a commercial showing Lee Majors trying to rescue Santa from terrorists in a special called “The Night The Reindeer Died.”

Dad gives standard excuse; fax machine is down.

In 2019, how much is $2.40 when inflation had gone up?

Fax? What the fax!

Forget the list, just mail yourself to the North Pole.

Calvin and Sally Brown would be a perfect match.

Another who hasn’t quite grasped the concept of “being good”

Does Santa Claus have an email?

If Calvin gets all the coal he deserves in his stocking, his parents can heat their house all winter.

What Hobbes should say: "Get your own boost, brat! It’s every man for himself, remember?

Santa has a list of his own which means that Calvin is in big trouble.

How long did it even take to write that list?

This is one of Watterson’s best. There’s a punchline in nearly every box.

Calvin really goes out of his way to avoid being put on the NICE list, doesn’t he?

Ran out of Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs for breakfast this morning, did we? (And coming down off the sugar?)

“Don’t get smart, bub, or I’ll wallop you on the 26th.”

How nice that Calvin also celebrates Boxing Day.

And a Ho, Ho, Ho to you too.

Always love Watterson’s annual Calvin Christmas List trope.

The Christmas strips are always some of the best of Calvin and Hobbes.

Not to mention every tiger.

Calvin never really did get a firm grasp on that whole “It’s better to give then receive” thing, did he??

Email.

Dear Santa, enclosed please find my wish list. To simplify things I circled the items I wanted on every page. Please ignore the circled Malibu Barbie on page 43 as Hobbes wanted to get that for Suzie so she would smooch him. Ugh Gross! I hope you don’t mind that I enclosed both the Sears Christmas wish book as well as the full Toys R Us catalogues, but neither store listed everything I wanted. Your Pal CalVin.

Krampus will be paying this kid a visit.

20+ years old (the strip) and yet it is still relevant.

Yup, there is going to be a cook out this year, I just love that gag….

When you think about it, both this and the previous strip include clueless immediate self-contradictions. “Look, it’s every man for himself in this world. Now give me a boost, will ya?” “Tigers are great at math! Now what do these little horizontal lines mean?”

Gotta love Calvin!

give the brat a lump of coal!!

yea

The kid is indoctrinated with the dog-eat-dog version of life.

This is the longest writing assignment Calvin will complete all year.

A cookout with the stocking contents! LMAO!

Give someone a lump of coal who deserves it. Tell ‘em it’s a diamond seed.

It was yesterday.

People have to turn even an old comic into something about political trash