Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for December 24, 2011

Are you talking to me? Are you TALKING to me? Merry christmas

Bah, humbug. I wanted to see Cap’n Eddie sail to the rescue.

Gee, Wiley – honest sentimentality. Here, in Non Sequitur.It really is a Christmas miracle!Thank you, Clarence!

A great one this time, Wiley, and right on. Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas to you too Wiley – and also my fellow GC posters.

Happy post-solstice. See you again in 6 months.

Excellent…Sheng Dan Kuai Le everyone from China

Merry Christmas

I was expecting (as I sure many others were) some fanciful, surreal, creative twist here.

This was better.

Enjoy your year off, Santa!

And Festivus for the rest of us!

What a great witness to the meaning of the season! Merry Christmas! (Time to bring back the Eckert)

What a story, amid all the speculation of how Santa would prevail and Wiley brought us to this!

Merry Christmas!!

well, i like a ipad2 over a smile and a hug.

And if you don’t have a loved one, there’s always booze and tears to help you get through the season.

Merry Christmas everyone!

And remember that a candy cane is not that at all, rather, it is an upsidedown “J” for Jesus.

First to Wiley and his family.Thank you for a wonderful Christmas story.To the group. Season Greetings to you and yours.Roger

Yes, I too was expecting Capn’ Eddie to come save the day but this was much better. Happy Christmas!

Good morning gang. - A Festive Kwanzaa, Merry Christmas and Happy Chanukah to one and all.

That’s better than beating each other on the noggin. Merry Christmas to all.

And to those who don’t get the meaning of Christmas expecting only presents are probably thinking they must’ve been so bad that they didn’t even deserve coal.

First, I do wish all a Merry Christmas, But let me be the first to say the “Joy to the World” ending is not worthy the buildup. What happen to the out of the box, nontraditional, fly by the seat of your paints thinking the strip and the cartoonist are famous for. Granted, the bar has been set so high and I just expect to be laughing my head off or be thinking about the tongue in cheek statement made by the art form called Non Sequitur. With this I will say Happy Holidays and go to read “Family Circus” for the traditional warm eggnog type of cartoon.

completely unexpected ending—— but——a very nice ending and message!!!!

Merry Christmas Wiley.

Great poem writer- Merry Christmas to you too

I hate to be a Bah Humbug – but we didn’t get the Saturday Edition of Newsday today, they skipped right over it and we have Sunday’s paper and comics. So my daughter ( age 5) had me come online to see what happened to the reindeer. Now she’s in tears because the reindeer are going to be eaten by the killer whale or even worse – starve or freeze to death or maybe drown, and the “orphan children all over the world aren’t going to be getting any presents on Christmas and they won’t know that there are people who love them.”

She really thought the Killer Whale was going to tow Santa out to the iceberg, save the reindeer and get the presents to the orphan children all over the world, I myself had put my money on Cap’t Eddie and Flo. Whereas I can appreciate the meaning behind the ending I have to agree with my daughter – SAVE THE REINDEER AND GIVE THE ORPHAN CHILDREN THEIR PRESENTS!!!

Loved the verse, and the story!Merry Christmas Wiley,and Merry Christmas to all of my GC companions.

For the past year I have only been home on weekends. What a wonderful thing it was to be able to get up out of my chair and go give my wife a big hug after being inspired to do so by Mr. Miller.

Thanks, and Merry Christmas to you and everyone here…

Thanks for the traditional “warm and fuzzy” ending, Wiley, and a lump of coal to all those who thought this arc was about global warming.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Happy Festivus oh and by the way Merry Christmas

Nice fantasy, but every spoiled brat on the planet will be pitching a tantrum and having a neurotic meltdown!

BAH HUMBUG

Amen, Wiley. Well done sir!

Tomorrow IS another day…..Cap’n Eddie STILL could come to the rescue with his amazing fishing boat…..maybe….

My mother’s maiden name is Miller…could we be…? Naw, that could really mess things up!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

Happy,happy, happy!!! merry christmas mr. W.. thanks for the giggles and gowns this year.

Peace on Earth and Goodwill to all creation. Thanks, Wiley, for helping us keep life in perspective throughout this year!

Thank you, it was so beautifully done! Merry Christmas to All!

It has come to my attention, that over in Chatham Islands, New Zealand, it’s 13h45 ahead of the UTC and thus 22h45 ahead of ME in the Eastern Time Zone. That makes it Sunday December 25th… and thus…

Merry Christmas!

Awwwwww. The perfect ending.

My apologies – Chatham Island, New Zealand is only 18h45min ahead, not 22h45. BUT It’s still Christmas there! (and most of Aus too!)

So it’s a “Grinch stoled Christmas” ending after all, with humanity cast as the Whos in Whoville. Now if only people would rise to the occasion.

And a very nice Christmas was had by all.

I really enjoyed the ending, but can’t help but wonder: What about the reindeer on the shrinking iceberg? What kind of Christmas will they have? Maybe there will be a post-Christmas miracle?

…grons…(my spell check makes the strangest errors sometimes.)

hag sameach channukah

Thanks, Wiley for a year’s worth of presents, and a happy festivus to you, too.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH . an a very merry christmas. HUGE HUGS TO SHARE WITH ALL.

..looks like someone is making excuses for not getting that X-Box he promised to get…

JOYand your family’s love to all.

Even though I was waiting for Capt’ Eddie, this is better ! Well done Wiley, well done. Merry Christmas to all!

TO ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Don’t worry about the deer, the polar bears will teach them to swim….Thanks for a years worth of giggles, Mr. Miller…

I agree with what hawgowar said, I wanted to see Cap’n Eddie sail to the rescue.Maybe next year the Harbor Master will let him take his boat out on Christmas Eve !!!

ok, now where is our sweetheart? bring Deane back, and all her family……now!

Loved this week’s story and verse. Wiley you did great on keeping to the rhythm of Twas the Night Before Christmas. Thanks. Merry Christmas, everyone!

Christ: The Real Gift of Christmas.http://www.reflectionsmg.com/reflections-of-christ-videos.php

Why not? Everybody gotta have somebody. Merry Christmas!

Well so much for all of the Eco-Political posturing and pontificating of the past few days. No wonder Wiley took so much effort to try to get us all to calm down. It was just a nice sentimental cartoon after all.

Thanks for the reminder Wiley, Happy Whatever to everybody.

What happened to the killer whale and the reindeer??

At this most joyous time of the year, MERRY CHRISTMAS! Or whichever other religious holiday you celebrate near the winter solstice. Yes, religious! EVERY iteration of the Mid-Winter Festival has its roots in a religion. There is NO secular basis for this holiday.

Merry Christmas, Wiley.

This made me tear up. Thanks for the reminder.

True that, Wiley. Right on!

(I had initially thought that’s where the ending would go, but then when people mentioned Cap’n Eddy, I thought, “oh no!, They’re right…”. But, the lead- in was in the line: “But, without presents, would it be Christmas after all?”… I think that everyone’s spinning around and around buying gifts that the meaning of seeking union with something greater than oneself can’t be seen through the distraction and illusion/mist and smoke… Also, with the religious kinda blending together and secularism becoming a religion of it’s own,… Noone knows how they want to celebrate it)… I must say, my “holy” day is celebrated on October 27, the day my current satguru/divine son of God was born. Perhaps to be more authentic, I need to begin saying “Happy Bhandara!” every October 27th… I usually just put my reserves on hold and wait until the Christmas holiday to celebrate my occasion in quietude… I see Christmas is the time of year we make sure that everyone has everything they need, celebrate the gift of a Master being brought into the world and forgive each other and come together… it would be nice if we could do that all year… Thank you Wiley! HUGS!!!!! Merry Christmas to all!

Well, I have to admit that I also was wrong. But, I still have one question:

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Will Danae get into the spirit too?

@bluskies From yesterday, I didn’t mean to force my views when I said “nonalcoholic” eggnog… It’s none of my business that you or others choose to drink… (It’s just that, I drink "soy"nog, which actually tastes good, no matter how you have it… It has pumpkin spice in it, yum! :))

Thanks for not having a Hollywood ending! It’s good to remember what really matters! Thank you, love your stuff. Happy Holidays!

Excellent ending. Merry Christmas everyone.

Thanks for the wonderful series, Wiley. Merry Christmas to you and yours, as well as everyone else. :D

Merry christmas everybody and remember what the day really means.

I was hoping he was gonna trade in the red suit for a black suit and a streimel and change his name to Chanukah Chaim and then light the menorah!

thank you wiley

Wiley,This is beautiful!Thank You

Merry Christmas!

(shudder) The thought of those 2 kissing & hugging… Funny..

Happy Hearth Warming Day (for my fellow Bronies!), Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, Kwanzaa, Festivus (for the restuvus), Merry Christmas and a (hopefully) Happy New Year!

As we celebrate the season, don’t leave Scrooge at the Grave, embrace him as he is at the end of the story, a changed man, loving mankind and keeping the spirit of Christmas in his heart all year round. Mighty Christ’s Mass to one and all.

Thank you Mr. Wiley Miller for a fun tale with a very happy ending!! Peace, DKai

EXCELLENT! Merry Christmas!

And a Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night…