Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 23, 2019

Smart move. You don’t want to get hurt just before Christmas.

Well that should do it for today.

For once, Calvin does the smart thing.

When he gets older he will know the difference between a sled and a toboggan.

“Pallbearer Peak” can wait. We had a series of three closely-spaced terraced hills that we used to sled ride on at the local college. We called them “The Three Hills”. During summer, the college would put a movie screen past the bottom of the third hill for night-time movies. And the students would camp out on blankets on the terraces to watch.

Sniff Our little boy, all grown up……. (Until tomorrow that is!)

Go back inside. That’s what he meant people

I love the names of the hills.

I have a few scars from my sledding days.

And Calvin does the smart thing for once. Way to go, Calvin!

Never mess with anything called Pallbearer’s Peak.

The better part of valor

The two sledding hills near where I was raised gave you a choice: into the creek or into a barbed-wired fence. The former was more of a challenge because of the trees.

That ain’t the Calvin known by all. The real Calvin would end up at the bottom of the precipice, picking pricker bush out of his teeth, while Hobbes, still standing on the top of the hill, looks down on him shaking his head in disbelief. THAT"S THE CALVIN I KNOW!

Hey now, sleds were steerable – sorta!

Isn’t it about time for some snowmen strips?

I’d be down the hill by now pondering my decision. Never let fear drive your choices.

My dyslexia kept reading that as “Ballbreaker Peak.”

Love Calvin’s face art in panel 2. Totally not Calvin, but it’s still Calvin.

I see they’re holding off until Christmas day to run the Christmas strip, which was supposed to run today.

I love Calvin’s and Hobbes’ access to ‘dangerous’ play areas. That toboggan really gets a workout in the winter – like the wagon does during non-snow times. I wonder what the ‘true’ topography is – of these adventure spots [considering Calvin’s imagination].

Wisdom beyond his years… and before YouTube

Ready to go back in front of the warm fire in the stove!!

I consider myself a well educated man but how is it that a 6 year old is more articulate and has a larger vocabulary than I?

We had no snow, but did have a trolley and a really steep gravel road with two turns and a ditch to stop in at the bottom. Truly terrifying!

Very smart move.

Wimped out

Fear is fleeting. Pain is forever.

In the last panel…footprints and pawprints and Hobbs carrying the sled. A really nice picture.

This was great!!! I loved it

You can’t make an exciting video about it but you do live to take your grandchildren sledding.

That sums up how I feel about Air Travel!

Well Calvin – I must commend you for using the space between your two ears….

Don’t look for trouble…

This may be the only CnH strip that shows Calvin backing away from an insanely dangerous sled run. Made me blink. Twice.

Well, after all that rich adjectives, it makes sense to save your skin for the christmas gifts.

If he’d injured his arms he couldn’t fire his heat seeking guided rocket.

More than 60 years ago, we tobogganed down “Bald Mountain” (MI) full-speed into the trunk of a thorn tree, catapulting me and my 3 siblings into the branches. The ride was absolutely worth it.