Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 14, 2017

Somebody should give Calvin 1984 as a stocking stuffer.

with the patriot act and n.s.a. this is closer too the truth than we like to think!

ummm…..just kidding mr. n.s.a. man….

Don’t worry Calvin, you’ll get that atom bomb.

Big Brother Claus is watching!

The truth about Santa is finally out, check out today’s Harley.

I’m definitely voting for the latter.

I’m surprised they haven’t banned all references to Santa this elderly obese guy who stalks children 24/7 and bribes them with presents and candy to let him sneak into their houses in the middle of the night…

Well, what about “The Elf on the Shelf” …

the now-popular, (but unknown when this strip was drawn),

children’s book?

It comes complete with a sneaky, spying, two-faced elf doll,

who, the children are told, flies home to the North Pole every night while they sleep,

to report their every misbehavior to Santa and his minions.

Rather chilling, I think.

Santa has your cell phone records.

Harvey Weinstein?

If someone else doesn’t do this to us, we’ll do it to ourselves. Isn’t that right, Alexa?

Picture Bob Dylan singing it, and you might just buy the latter…

I remember having this in one of Watterson’s books when I was younger. As a kid, I couldn’t figure out what a “Cia Spook” was.

CIA Spook. Definitely!

xxx

A little of both, Cold War kid!

CIA spook.

I can do one better than this, with a true story: When my daughter was seven-years-old or so, she was recounting the words to this song, much as Calvin is doing. Then she turned to me, with her tongue metaphorically in cheek (for she already had a wry sense of humour), and said, “Dad, is Santa Claus a stalker?”

Here is the original peeper, the one who spies on everyone even to their brains.

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, watching the evil and the good.Proverbs 15:3

If you like this, check out the Black Peter Christmas story, known to Mexican kids as Pedro Negra. That will straighten you up.

Or both?

When I read this, I picture the version of “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” playing on the radio being the version by Bing Crosby and the Andrew Sisters.