Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 11, 2022

Maybe this is a test to see how good Susie is.

He knows when you are sleeping…..

The “being good” part has to last an entire year, Calvin. And since your good behavior can’t last a minute or two….yeah.

A snowball in hand would be an awful thing to waste

This lowers your bar.

Susie’s going to get even. She is soo going to get even.

It actually counts double against you when you also entice a good person to do something bad (like you just did with Susie).

If I had a second life to live I’d want to come back as Calvin ;-)

He will ultimately broil in Hell!!!

It’s not like he can do anything to undo the bad behaviors of the year, so why waste a snowball?

He couldn’t help it, it was his “innate inclination towards evil” at play.

With his reasoning and predisposition, he is headed for politics for sure!

Thinking about good deeds should count for something.

Watch it, Cal. Retribution awaits and Susie ain’t no softie.

Are some people inherently evil? Does “The Bad Seed” exist?

Why are you running with Calvin, Hobbes? Go pick up Suzie and give her a smooch. You’ll get all of Cavin’s Christmas gifts.

If he were to give you guidelines, Calvin; you would probably try to find the loopholes…

Does Good Aim Count? +1 for Calvin :)

It’s all right here in my book “Naughty or Nice – A matter of perception” available at fine book stores everywhere.

I call this concept, “accountant morality:” you can do evil as long as your offset it with at least an equal amount of good.

I know a CEO of this ilk who exploited his workers and thinks he’s a good Christian because he donated a million dollars to his church for a new building that bears his name. Unsurprisingly, the word from the pulpit in this church panders to his political beliefs to the point where it is costing the church “butts in pews.” But I am sure that the church has done the financial analysis on that and are willing to get rid of those suckers and losers in exchange for keeping their wealthier members.

Santa doesn’t know your heart. He knows your actions. Act nice and he’ll think you’re good. …maybe that’s good enough.

We used to put the snowballs in the freezer! YOOOOOOWIE!

False equivalencies Calvin, false equivalencies.

That’s your problem, Calvin. He considers your motives and natural pre-disposition.

While we’re at it, let’s consider the good deed of Calvin getting Susie’s attention before throwing the “rockless” snowball at her.

Picking on Susie gets old.

I thought Calvin was a lefty?

As C.S. Lewis says, “Those that hate goodness are sometimes nearer to it than those that know nothing about it and think they have it already.” Unfortunately Calvin, you’re a lot closer to the latter group here.

“I didn’t put a rock in it” reminds me of a relative (now no longer with us) who lost an eye to a rock in a snowball, he eventually lost sight in his other eye in later life. Surely the living epitome of the phrase “It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt” …….

After this anyway, Susie won’t be sickeningly wholesome. Santa is probably cheering her on.

Santa’s gonna skip this block for years

Calvin’s reasoning is positively Talmudic.

I wonder if any kid ever noticed that everyone seemed to get gifts anyway, and thought “Something’s not right here.”

Well said!!!!

Calvin throws with power AND accuracy. He has a bright future in Little League.

And not only that there are no ice chunks in the snowball, and no hint of yellow. Double points.

Good comic. On the other hand, Thank you, Jesus, for not keeping a list of my sins to determine if you should grant me grace and salvation. Amen?

Gotta give props to Calvin for having a “good arm”. That’s a long accurate throw, especially for a snowball.

I tell ya… one day that boy is going to marry that girl, and then, will she ever get even!

I wonder which list Wednesday Addams is on.

Abraham’s negotiations with god over Sodom and Gomorrah come to mind.

OH? A terrorist does ONE good thing, and he gets presents from Santa?? I keep saying Calvin’s logic is a bit warped.

Hope she pounds him into the dirt

In Buddhism you can be evil your whole life, then change your ways at the end and be reincarnated as something positive. I’m pretty sure it works the same way for Santa.

How many “goodness points” does he get for not using a nuclear warhead? :)

Calvin for President.

A few Christmas’s ago someone asked me if Santa had been good to me. I said, “Yes, because I had been good all year. I hadn’t intended to be, it ust worked out that way.”

If Santa published guidelines for Christmas, only then could Calvin realize that it would be impossible for him to get on the Nice List!

A young Alan Moore was caught with drugs. He thought he should get clemency because he didn’t go through with his earlier plan to put them in the water supply.

Being good is ultimately a choice.

Have lots of fun, buy an indulgence later

Consistently being a kind, well-behaved person takes a lot of work, even for naturally good-natured people. Like naturally talented athletes or musicians, you have to constantly work at it to succeed. Never assume it’s easy for anybody!

Calvin is forgetting that he still has to work off all of the badness points from the Noodle Incident.

Psychopathic as well as psychotic, nice combination.

Susie will catch with you faster than Santa Claus trying to figure out whether you weigh more on timid side or inclined towards evil.