Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for December 20, 2020

Let me tell you about Amazon my child.

Yah, THAT’s what we want: Something bought in a terrible hurry after the store’s been picked through.

You had to jinx it.

Sorry Holly. You shouldn’t have waited till the last minute. Nobody’s going out in the rain.

Too late, Holly.

Take the bus.

If you’ve seen on huge retail conglomerate, you’ve seen the mall.

Sucks to be you

At least mom is done.

You can get your $20 order delivered today for $137.

You waited this long, you can wait until the storms pass.

Your first seven words were a curse…..

Time to hand write gift certificates for your family. “I will clean… watch the baby… wash the dog…”

Typical teen – family is happily gathered together smiling, relaxed – and she assumes someone is going to be delighted to take her shopping in the mall crush and break up the happiness due to her laziness. Mom will do it, of course.

Here are some ones, take the bus. Happy shopping!

Here’s bus fare, kid.

Gifts are overrated. Just be kind to everyone. Merry Christmas, Stone Soup fans.

Sorry kiddo, mom not going anywhere.

Tough cookies!

No mall kid, we’ll do it by mail.

Ho, ho, ho Holly!

i.o.u. one Christmas gift

Take the bus, kid. You put it off; you have a problem; you fix it.

Wonder if they have any of those 2020 snow globes left — There is a burning dumpster in it, the snow is ashes.

Oh, and don’t forget to bring your credit card……

Merry Christmas from Arizona!

Not gonna happen