Garfield by Jim Davis for December 19, 2023

Good thing it didn’t pop.

Garfield climb? Is this some sort of alternate universe tale?

So Jon wears a wig? He seems to lose it often.

Sooooo. Not LEDs then?

Cat Scan

Eh but these days it is them LED bulbs and they is not gets hot at all.

Hair raising.

That’s a REALLY bad look for Jon!

Cats love to climb trees and Garfield loves to annoy Jon.

Looks more like a Christmas Pile.

First new year’s resolution: Get rid of that cat!

Reminds me of the first Christmas we had with our cats – one of them got tangled in the tree, and he scratched me when I was getting him loose, and all I could think was “Well EXCUSE ME for saving your sorry furry butt!”

Yes, Jon, the new Creme Brûlée Latte is really sweet. Be forewarned, Count ❤️ers.

Wait, how did he get in there to begin with, without disturbing the decorations anyway?

Soooooo glad I wasn’t slurping coffee! ROFL!

But will sitting on that bulb stop Garfield? NO WAY!

I hate it when that happens!

Quick, somebody call fire marshal Bill!

These graphics of Jon are hilarious! Love it.

as there is ACTUALLY ROOM INSIDE THAT “TREE”!!!

Nice hair Jon

Ouch!

(senses a serial (involving this cartoon, a “December 18, 2023” cartoon similar to this one, and a “December 17, 2023” cartoon similar to this one); enjoys it)

Where’s Garfield Classics?

It’s official, time to get another tree to replace the one that had all of its leaves fall off all at once.

Wow. So Jon wears a wig. Nice wig , there, Jon.

Garfield with speech bubbles?

Careful, Garf. Those lights are more dangerous than they look.

And upset Jon at the same time. Cats like to climb trees even if the tree in question isn’t even an artificial one.

Panel Three: Pretty close to the ultimate John-in-a-frizzy comment of all time: “I touched seaweed!”

How will he get down?

Yup. LEDs were a BIG improvement.

I was looking at the history of LED development. The federal government under GWB agreed to buy from the first folks to achieve a certain efficiency. Phillips dropped everything else to work on that.

Impressive improvement.

(Made Christmas safer too.)

John’s face in the second panel…LOL SO WEIRD!

Must be using old incandescent bulbs. Most Xmas lights are LED.

I hate when that happens.

That tree is so decked out the only green needles showing are on the wreath.

That’s hilarious!

Poor Jon. He looks like Snively, from Sonic the Hedgehog.

Reminds me of a Mark Twain observation about cats and stoves, in this instance I think it would apply to Christmas lights. He said, “If a cat sits on a hot stove, that cat won’t sit on a hot stove again. That cat won’t sit on a cold stove either. That cat just don’t like stoves.”