The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for December 21, 2022

Hay kid! sorry’

They aren’t lichen those presents.

You think the big man would have noticed.

Shouldn’t he be looking around for a pony?

“Hay there”!

Baling and Bawling!! That’s the Last Straw!!

No wonder he’s bawling. They’re not even wrapped in white plastic.

it’s still better than the coal i get kid……

uh oh, better bale…

Hay, stop whinging!

Someone didn’t have the right presents of mind.

Those reindeer look like they’re in prison, held without bale.

Hay there / You with the tears in your eyes /

Santa’s elves made a fool of him/

He used to be too wise.

…and soooo….there’s goes another elf to the shelf…

This will have a baleful effect on the kid.

Look at that. The kid got a straw man from IKEA.

Is that baby Christian Bale?

Tell him it’s for the pony waiting outside.

What the hay? -p