Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 10, 2020

Should have at least put little diaper on him.

You wouldn’t stand a chance either way, Calvin.

define “better environment”, Calvin

ALL toads are incontinent.

Hobbes, I’m not sure that the cough and eye swivel will get you off Santa’s list of fibbers.

Consider Moe. Then feel better about your chances.

Forget Santa, I would be worried about the Krampus if I were you Calvin. Hmmmm, these are all reruns and Calvin hasn’t been seen since 1995. Obviously Calvin got his due and Krampus had a meal.

Those mitigating circumstance’s will get you every time.

Blame everyone else before they think of blaming you!

Love Hobbes’s eye roll, “Paragon of virtue”, yeah right!

Eh. Those circumstances can go mitigate themselves! >B^D

Nice look of sarcasm there, Hobbes!

“This whole business of Santa rewarding good kids and neglecting bad kids really bugs me.”

I entirely agree, Calvin! Santa should take out a contract on all those bad kids. It’s high time they got their just deserts and that we good kids got the upper hand for once.

“If I were being raised…”

I didn’t know Calvin read Freud…

Sadly there are a lot of irrational people who try to justify their antisocial behavior exactly this way!

Is that worse than the noodle incident?

This kid’s gonna be a convict or a lawyer, not sure which, there is little difference between the two.

I see Calvin as more of a paradox of virtue.

His mom and dad are pretty mean. . .

“What’s good for me is what’s good for the country.” I’m pretty sure said every despot, ever.

this strip so often invites political commentary… which I’ve been restraining myself from in the spirit of season… Have a Merry!

Blame it on the babysitter.

Everything is everyone else’s fault but my own. Calvin’s philosophy.

I didn’t have that good a vocabulary when I was in high school!

Still don’t!

Incontenence hotline, please hold.

You gotta love that kids vocab!

There was a child psychology fad that insisted bullies were merely the result of low self-esteem and that praise was the only proper treatment. We got a generation of unrepentant bullies with high self-esteem. We’ve all seen where that can go.

The Case of the Incontinent Toad. Ah, yes. One of Sherlock Holmes’ rare unsolved mysteries. Right up there with The Giant Rat of Sumatra.

I’m more curious why Santa would bring expensive toys only to the rich kids.

ALL Toads are incontinent.

But at least Calvin knows the meaning of “mitigating”. I’m impressed!

My problem is that “good” and “bad” are so subjective. Especially today, where bad behavior is now held up as something to be praised, even if done by famous people who historically would be role models. We have created a society where people now strive to be “bad” and act accordingly so, because those famous people are.

Hobbes is going to get nothing for lying to Calvin about Calvin.

I love how Calvin can justify almost everything. Especially to a stuffed tiger!

what is he 6-7, and he talks like a lawyer and acts like an escaped mental patient.

A few days later, mom says: “Who put a frog in my sweater?? Did it just jump in there by itself?”.

Be happy you don’t live in certain areas of Europe where the grampus eat naughty kids this time of year.

It bugs me too , Calvin. Surely if the big man is all that he might just have time to forgive those of us with a creative nature. Good kids shouldn’t Get all the perks!!!

Let’s see if we can help Calvin with the toad problem.

How long is a toad incontinent? If Calvin let the toad pee, THEN put him in mom’s drawer as a surprise, is that less of a problem, since the toad shouldn’t pee for awhile? Maybe mom said she liked toads!

How does one know if a toad is incontinent?

I might be spoiling your imagination, but (Santa is a myth that’s made from parents so they can make their kids behave, and than getting cheap gifts for them and telling them that they didn’t act good enough, it’s kind of sad though, because a lot of kids believe in this, please no hate comments, I’m just expressing the honest truth.)