Cathy Classics by Cathy Guisewite for November 29, 2009

Men, let this be a warning to you…at this time of the year do NOT show your internet shopping prowess then gloat–you just might find yourself doing some unexpected travelling!

Hm..maybe Cathy could do the same with the inlaws.

Sounds like a good idea about doing it with the inlaws. Only don’t ship them to another state, but another country.

Better yet, to another planet!

Enough with the p.c. b.s. I DO NOT go ‘holiday shopping’, I go CHRISTMAS shopping. If people cannot handle that, let them read another cartoon and/or shop during the 4th of July holiday (a.k.a., Independence Day)

You said it mountaindieu! Have you seen the vid on youtube of Go Fish singing “Christmas with a Capital C”? I think you would love it!

mountaindieu said, about 1 hour ago

Enough with the p.c. b.s. I DO NOT go ‘holiday shopping’, I go CHRISTMAS shopping. If people cannot handle that, let them read another cartoon and/or shop during the 4th of July holiday (a.k.a., Independence Day)

Just remember that, mountaindieu and ponygirl95, should you ever find yourselves among the minority in a land where Christmas is not recognized as any sort of holiday at all. Will you be equally willing to suck it up in, say, Japan, Israel, or Saudi Arabia? Or, if you ever go to Russia, are you going to chastize the people for celebrating Christmas on the wrong date (Christmas is celebrated AFTER New Year’s Day in Russia, in accordance with the Orthodox calendar)?

Get over yourselves. Christians aren’t the only ones who live in this country (and never have been), nor are they the only ones whose celebrations count.

And Happy Holidays, everyone! :)

Ponygirl, I LOVE Go Fish. Their Mom Song rocks my world, and I’m not even a mom yet!

and Mountaindieu, I ALREADY do my Christmas shopping on the 4th of July. Beat the big rush, and all.

There is nothing wrong with respecting people who are non Christian and who do not celebrate Christmas. It is the Holiday Season. In fact, if you want to get technical about it, Jesus wasn’t even born in December. They just picked that date to celebrate because it coincided with the Roman holiday Saturnalia and the Winter Solstice. So don’t get on your high horse about “Christmas” versus “Holiday”. There is nothing wrong with respecting everyone’s beliefs and traditions.

Thank you, legaleagle48. These people who get so uptight and defensive over this “War On Christmas” garbage (even a comic strip forum isn’t safe from it anymore) ought to lighten up and take the Yule log off their shoulders. There’s more than one holiday observed in December; get over it. If you’re so selfish and petty that it spoils your Christmas because some people say holiday instead, you don’t deserve Christmas anyway (which is supposed to be about peace and giving). Besides, it was the Christians who took December 25 away from the pagans, not the other way around.

Getting back to the comic strip itself (can we, please?), those gift cards of Irving’s had better be pretty spectacular or he’s not going to have a very merry after Christmas.

Why are they married, again?

Even though I celebrate Christmas, I actually do Holiday shopping because I have friends and family that are Christian and Jewish. So maybe it’s just either laziness or a lack of space in a small comic.

The tree is a Christmas Tree, not a holiday tree. If I am sending a card to my Jewish friends, I do make sure it does not say Christmas but it does not say holiday either.

Respecting all’s religion is knowing what they are celebrating and sending the correct card, if that is what they do .

There’re more than just Xtians and Jewish People. There are Muslims, Buddhists, and lets not forget our Atheist and Agnostic friends. Do you send the correct card for every group, when a Holiday Card covers all of your bases?

A bit off topic, those last few -

Irving seems to be on the cutting edge, according to news reports; Internet shopping on Black Friday was WAY up over last year; IIRC, about 3x or more.

And IT’S A COMIC STRIP, for cryin’ out loud! get Over It!

Happy ChristmaChanaKwaanzaSolstiRamaFestiYuleClaus. And to the athiests, have a nice day.

That takes care of almost everyone, I think.

Merry ChristHannukahmas and a Happy RamaKwanzaadan!

Somebody does that song, but I can’t remember who right now and I’m too lazy to google it.

Cathy and Irving celebrate Christmas - hence they are Christmas Shopping.

If they were a Jewish couple, they would be Hanukkah shopping

Etc……

So why can’t they say “Christmas Shopping” instead of “Holiday Shopping” ? - It’s PC gone wild

What’s pcbs? Oh wait a minute, I think I’ve figured it out - yes, it’s a combination of pc and bs, right?

IT’S CHRISTMAS SHOPPING…..NOT HOLIDAY SHOPPING. CHRISTMAS…..CHRIST’S BIRTH….WITHOUT IT, THERE WOULD BE NO HOLIDAY.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE….DON’T FORGET TO GO TO CHURCH AND PRAY FOR ALL OF US HOLIDAY SEEKERS.