B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for December 24, 2009

Meanwhile, Curls is waiting on his roof with SAM - his favorite surface-to-air missile…

You better hope the NTSB approves of that landing strip. Santa’s insurance premium already is going up due to the incident at Birdbrains yesterday.

Better to be safe, than sorry. You don’t want a law suit on your hands.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!

Meanwhile, I’m just wondering how they can stand to be out in the cold with just loin cloths and mittens.

Thick skin.

Happy Xmas and Merry New Year!!!!

Private landing strip.

I don’t know what he’s waiting for

tree stealer bad bad bad

Wishing all a very Merry Christmas

Bah, Humbug!

But if he clears all the snow away, what’s the sleigh gonna land on?

His head

I just got around to reading yesterday’s comic and all your comments. The comments about Johnny Hart previously using this time to salute the real meaning of Christmas are right and the comments about the depressing nature of the strip and many other previous issues is also correct. But I can’t believe no one mentioned that fact that Johnny Hart is dead and that’s the reason for the difference. The spirit and whimsy, along with the conscience, has left this strip with him. Despite that, Merry Christmas all, especially you, Richard!

merry christmas eve!!!

JA”J”D, we’re not necessarily observing Christ’s Mass, we’re observing Christmas. If we say we’re celebrating Easter in the Spring, does that mean we’re worshipping the Anglo-Saxon goddess Ēostre? That’s where the word comes from. A word’s correct meaning is not always in strict accordance with its etymology…

If you prefer, however, we can celebrate Noël or the Nativity or Yule (whoops, pagan origins again), all of which commemorate the birth of Jesus, with no requirement that we attend Catholic Mass.

I’m wearing MY Santa hat. Are you wearing YOUR Santa hat?

Mr Doty,

To add to what fritzkringle said:

The spirit and meaning of Christmas can exist without having been mentioned in the Bible.

The spirit of Christmas is simply the feeling people have at this time of year and the meaning is what people have given it.

There is no law that says who may or may not celebrate Christmas and there is also no law that dictates how Christmas must be celebrated.

The name of the day is not important. What counts is that the Creator himself took on mortal flesh and gave Himself for our offenses against Him.

@ dsom8: How right you are! That’s why it’s worth celebrating every day, not just tomorrow.

now lets all have some spirits!merry xmas to all.

Mr. Doty, the Catholic Mass is a church service, not a spirit. So? It is our way to gather together and celebrate God’s incarnation, taking on human nature and being. May the Son of God, the Prince of Peace, bring peace, especially among the divided members of his body.

I’m not an overly religious man, but my question is: ISN’T THE SPIRIT IN “YOU” NOT IN SOME KIND OF SERVICE? I always thought THAT was what “faith” is suppposed to be? AND: J.A DOT … you’re getting windy AGAIN!

Webster’s Dictionary defines “Christmas” as: “1 : a Christian feast on December 25th or among the Eastern Orthodox on January 7 that commemorates the birth of Christ and is usually observed as a legal holiday; 2 : Christmastide.” (i.e. the festival season from Christmas Eve to Epiphany)

I know that a Feast Day of the Church calendar doesn’t necessarily mean a big meal, but the word “Christmas” as it is commonly and correctly used in modern English does not specifically refer to a Catholic Mass. It is the day (and by extension, the season) set aside to commemorate and/or celebrate the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, called “Christ”. The word is derived from the Old English “Cristes mæsse” (“Christ’s Mass”), but language changes, like it or not. People may celebrate Christmas who never set foot in a church, Catholic or otherwise. People (like me) may celebrate Christmas who do not believe in the divinity of Jesus. The Church Police got nothin’ on us, and neither do the Language Police.

and to think ALL this verbige[garbage] started with a “toon!

Mebby if those cavemen changed insurance companies, they could afford to buy shoes and a coat.

If we were supposed to celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday, we’d know when Christ was born. The only hint the Bible gives us is that shepards were tending their sheep in the fields, so it would not have been in December. I see nothing wrong in celebrating it as a secular holiday as long as we do it in the right spirit.

fritzkringle I’m sure that when you refer to language police you refer to the site sensors, only I found it amusing because Montrealers use language police as a French language enforcement measure to ensure that English lettering on advertisements etc are smaller than the French lettering or even that signs are not unilingually English.

I have not heard that expression in a while and it made me cringe.

Never-the-less, I am with you on your statement made about 5 hours ago. I was brought up Catholic, but I do not practice. I only set foot in a church for wedding and funerals. I do celebrate the concept of peace on Earth and the spirit of giving of one’s self.

Peace.