Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for December 02, 2020

nice theory, Petey

Now, he probably dploys peeping drones.

A santopticon, if you will

Alice with her folded arms…

I’ve always leaned towards a gossipy network.

Big brothers are great. They know everything.

Maybe Petey is a spy. Did you ever think of that?

The obvious conclusion would be that Santa has a spy network comprised of all of the Moms.

Makes no diff this year, kids! All your’re getting this year is a box o’ disposable masks!

Mount Mordor style..

Santa hires Sauron for extra work. Who knew?

Poor Alice, its tough being a mini human, brains not quite ready to go, but everyone throws you out there anyhow. Mine still isn’t ready

Santa hired Sauron???

I am not exaggerating when I say this daily dose of Overboard gets me through the day.

Santa knows a hacker that’s bugged all your electronic devices. Siri, et al, are his snoops.

That sounds a lot like the 1959 Mexican movie “Santa Claus” (as riffed on MST3K) where Santa in his floating castle uses surveillance machinery like a big eye on a stalk (kind of like in the old ‘War of the Worlds’).

What about the southern hemisphere, Petey?

Kind of like the Eye of Sauron . . . with elves!

Who does he think he is, Sauron?

Nah, he contracts it out to the NSA. They know all. If you don’t think so, just start adding Arabic to your texts.

Does anyone besides me find that whole elf-on-a-shelf concept totally skeevy?

No need. He pays Twitter and Facebook to monitor for him. Since they’re definitely not tyros when it comes to spying…

When my girls were little, we had a neighbor who would call in mid-December and chat with them. They didn’t recognise his voice, but because we were friends he knew a LOT about them – where they went to school, the pet’s names, etc. They probably believed in Santa a lot longer than most kids! But, boy! did it work.

A bit of trivia: “Naughty” used to be a serious insult. It meant your entire worth as a person was naught (zero). I’m not sure how it got downgraded to mean a 5 year old who won’t share her toys.

It’s a bit like traveling to the future and finding out that #$%^head means someone who did a poor job combing their hair.

And remember Alice, if you try to go invisible to avoid him seeing your naughtiness, he can see you better… (⚆)

“Weather “ satellites they are called! See all – know all!

“You better not pout, you better not cry, you better be good I’m telling you why – Santa Claus is dead” (Tommy Smothers)…

I thinking elf on a shelf, but it looks like Dill; or maybe it is simply Dill in the mail slot.

Santa has a covert alliance with all Moms and Dads! There! The truth is out there!