Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for December 15, 2016
December 14, 2016
December 16, 2016
Transcript:
Beni: you should see the Christmas tree we've got! It's so tall it scrapes against the ceiling! Alice: we haven't gotten a tree yet. Beni: You don't have a tree? Alice: No. Dill: We've got a tree! Heck, we've still got our tree from last year! Beni: Maybe you can use Dill's old tree! Alice: ew. Dill: My brothers've been storing laundry on it so I'll have to ask them first.
Templo S.U.D. almost 8 years ago
Let’s say Dill’s family’s tree isn’t artificial. So how can they still have the previous year’s tree? (Lazy brothers of Dill’s!)
bigcatbusiness almost 8 years ago
It won’t exactly have a pine tree scent.
Phred Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Dill is so funny and polite!
Dani Rice almost 8 years ago
Kinda gives an entirely new meaning to the term “clothes tree”, doesn’t it?
barister almost 8 years ago
Probably looks like Charlie Brown’s xmas tree by now.
Perkycat almost 8 years ago
I’d like to take a peek in Dill’s house…..must be interesting.
Mark Roberts almost 8 years ago
Dill’s brothers remind me of my wife’s family. 8 kids, 6 boys 2 girls. No trebuchets, but they did build a 30 foot tall party raft for their lake. Makes me feel right at home every time Dill mentions his brothers. They could easily be my in-laws.
Sisyphos almost 8 years ago
Don’t be intimidated, Alice. Some of us remember that the established tradition used to be that the family Christmas tree was set up and decorated on Christmas Eve (!) and remained up for the 12 Days of Christmas (which begin with Christmas Day and last until what used to be the date for the Feast of the Epiphany, 6 January)….