Off the Mark by Mark Parisi for December 13, 2021

“…and the heater in the sleigh isn’t working.”

You’d make a lousy Santa, Mr. Parisi.

Well, then I’d rule out postal carrier too, Parisi.

Just let Amazon handle it.

Ho, ho, ho, Mark wouldn’t go. Ho, ho, ho, Mark wouldn’t go. Up on the housetop, click, click, click. Down thru the chimney as Old Saint Nick.

Who as Santa?

Now that Michael Strahan is an astronaut, I hired him to substitute.

If you think you’re cold, what about Frosty the Snowman?

Darn old age; I forgot the route.

But I will deliver presents for the Christmas in July sale.

I thought Santa stayed current with an iPad mini.

I love winter, cold weather, snow….as long as I am sitting in a nice warm place looking out of a window.

You know you’ll have fun, once you are out there.

Didn’t I hear somewhere that you live in the low desert? The weather is lovely there.

Can’t say I blame him.

Reminds me of an idea for a comic series: “Glad I’m Not God.” It would depict a creator doing many things decidedly not an improvement on what we have.

With global warming, I’d expect him to say that it’s too hot.