Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for December 19, 2022

YAY!! A Christmas arc with Toni and Brad!

Puddles… go outside if you have to do that! lol I hope the story is more involved than just people trimming the tree. Christmas is 6 days away. It seems a little late to be just starting to decorate your tree.

Hmmm.. I wonder if the Glassman ever got around to repairing Stef’s crack? LOL

Pees on Earth, and trees

Puddles has already started.

At least it’s not a Marvin joke.

Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree, how smelly are thy branches!

I see Puddles is doing his bit already.

Are we going to have a week of this. Wasn’t last year bad enough?

P-I-S-S OFF PUDDLES!

Oh, and finally, and different arc for a change! And one that probably won’t even last before we get back to Tiff and the dorm drama, again!

Let’s see whose hand gets wet.

Is that a shadow or did Puddles drop a load as well? :-D

Puddles! Bad Boy!

Decorating, not watering

Well now.

We’ve left Tiffany and the mystery of what broke that window, behind.

Perhaps, for good.

And We’ve centered on a DeGroot Family Christmas featuring Mom and Pop, Luann, Brad, and Toni.

That, should make a lot of “folks” here happy.

And while Pud is “fertilizing” that tree, maybe We should pause and ponder how Luann’s novel writing went.

And if she told Toni that Tara made a not so subtle pass at her husband.

Toni’s head looks large here, or is it just me?

Luann put the box down and go check on Puddles.

Fortunately for the DeGroots, Puddles is a dog and not a cat who knocks over the Christmas tree every so often.

Good boy, Puddles!

Why not have some nice cheery Mitch Miller on the stereo to set the mood? We do that.

Puds looks like he really needed some relief.

Luann, get the bucket and mop – and put some shoes on!

“I said DECORATING,not scenting.”

Even Puddles.

I wonder if we’re getting a week of Sunday strips?

Well that’s better than having a cat with a Christmas tree.

Puddles will always be number one!

Puddles is doing his part

……..and the saintly little Puddles said, “Let us Spray”….and he did.

This year, we added 3 more trees, making a total of 35 Christmas trees in the house upstairs and down. Not counting any of them that are less than 2 feet tall. Our tallest is 12 feet, and it rotates. We have several 10 footers, several 9 footers, a lot of 7 footers, some 6 footers, a number of slim trees, an upside – down tree, a Sugaro cactus tree, two palm trees on a single base decorated in beach stuff, many “themed” trees like one all in purple for our bitsko basketball team, the Sacramento Kings, one for the San Francisco 49’ers, another for the Oakland Traitors, I mean, Las Vegas Raiders, one for the San Francisco Giants, also a huge, wide tree with all movie, TV show, and cartoon characters, a Star Wars tree, a Star Trek tree, and a trilogy of bright rainbow trees – two that are 5 feet tall and the center one is 7 1/2 feet tall, and many others. One that I added this year is 9 feet tall, has crystal – like frost on the tip ends, and has pine cones and red berries on it with a star on top that is made of twigs laced together with jute – simple and elegant. It looks great without any other balls or decorations on it. One of our 4 foot trees is encased in a large plexiglass case where small styrofoam pellets are sucked up at the bottom and blown out through the top of the tree, making it look like the tree is in a snow storm. There is even a control to make the “snowstorm” lighter or heavier.

Anyhoo, we usually start the setup the weekend after Thanksgiving, and it was all up by last night, working on it here and there. We generally leave it up until the third week of January, which happens to coincide with me finishing pruning our 80+ rosebushes in our gardens outside. Then, it takes about 2 weeks to get it all down and put away. The Christmas display in the house sure makes the eyeballs pop on the young ones that come to our house. Is it worth all the work? Yeah, partly because my wife and I do not really consider it as “work”. Nuts? Yep. :)

As my dear old grandpa used to say, I’ll pitch in and do my part if you pitch in and do your part. If we don’t pitch in and do our parts, we won’t have a part to pitch in!

We keep ours up until January 7th. Two of our girls are Orthodox.

Puddles, NO!!! This is a Christmas tree, not your most secret wish to have your own bathroom in the house come true! On the other hand, this looks like a nice family arc, full of happiness (and without Bernice), HOORAY!

They don’t call him Puddles for nothing.

Puddles, doing what he does best

Well, one thing’s for certain, they’re surely going to get a full week out of this arc, and it’ll surely end on Sunday.

Toni and Luann must be related, they both have the same eyebrows that hover over their hair.

Is that “Puddles” or “Piddles”?

That dog is lucky they dont live in Korea.

May need to summon the “Peanuts” gang to tackle this project. By Thursday, Brad and Luann will throwing the balls at each other.

Now we know how puddles got his name.

Now we know why the dog is named Puddles. lmao

Puddles is doing his…“part.”

They’ll probably blame Brad.

Oui oui!

Good grief, who are all these new characters? Where have they been all this time?

my guess is they will have memories/flashback associated with different ornaments taken out ending with a big announcement about a baby on saturday.

well, it is necessary to keep it watered

Puddles is about to make some puddles.

Big time jump, the Mystery of the Broken Window" arc should have still been in early October, so we missed any mention of school, Halloween, Thanksgiving.

And Puddles is doing his part by taking care of the watering.

What are “LICKS” (the box on top of LIGHTS)?

I’ve never had a dog pee on an Xmas tree, but I’ve had cats climb them.

I hope puddles isn’t having a pee

Puddles is already doing his part, only not in the way Nancy meant.

looks like Nancy won the ugly sweater contest and Luann bought her some earrings to go with it.

everyone? shouldn’t that include Bernice and TJ too?

Nice. It took me a few seconds to find the funny bit.

lots of people in Germany decorate their tree on Christmas Eve.

The DeGroots Christmas theme this year seems to be toilet humor with Puddles having a pee in the tree and Nancy making Christmas cookies shaped like poop.

Everyone…. except Bernice! Or has she finally moved out.

she said PITCH in, not P**S in Puddles !!

Papa’s smile: “While you pitch in, mama and I’ll go upstairs to find more boxes.”

3 of them wearing jeans that are the same denim wash! Not possible! Nancy’s jeans do not look good with that hideous sweater.

Where the heck is shannon?

It’s weird seeing Brad and Toni without the brat in tow. Is it her father’s one week out of the year to watch her, lest CPS remove her from his custody altogether (like how in the US Army Paratroopers, you need to do a jump at least once every three months to keep your certification and extra pay, as I learned the hard way)?

So what happens to the week of comics that should have been run a couple weeks ago? Do they get delayed one week or cut out totally? Many comics are specific for certain days.

I see Puddles is doing his part by keeping the tree watered.

What about the broken window? Dont leave me hanging.

For those who complain about Luann having enough Luann, Luann and her family doing Christmas gift sharing should be satisfying (yes one could suppose—lol). Like the Puddles piece (pee marking). How about Bernice though/

“I JUST DID MY PART.”

Puddles is such a good doggie!! Yes he is.

To quote Larry the Cable Guy, “Now that’s funny, I don’t care who ya are.”

Today’s strip has that generic “re-run” feel to it, but with all of the old-time Luann readers here, I’m sure that about 50 of you would have caught it if that were true.

In any case, I’m hoping for something a little less generic for the rest of the week.

This strip has taken a depressing turn toward fecal and urinal humor over the past few days. Who does Mr. Evans think his audience is, Adam Sandler?

This one must have been created before Bernice and Shannon joined the family.

Well, the tree probably needs water anyway…

Puddles!!!

We never decorated or put up a tree until 2days before Christmas

Puddles is doing his part.

A widdle goes a long way!

Puddles living up to his name.

Seeing Brad and Toni makes me wonder when there will be a baby in the family?

There’s a reason he’s named “Puddles”

Good thing you don’t have a cat…

Euuuu…really? Puddles has to puddle up the Christmas tree? Having the tree lights on in a darkened room makes it feel like sacred space. There’s just something different about the energy in the room.

The look of relief and contentment on Puddles face is priceless!

Urine is good for plants all that urea.

Puddles is Number One! Err, or something like that. I hope Nancy will be pleased, but I’m not holding my breath….

I love the sneaky snide look on Puddles face.

It is not late to Catholics. Christmas doesn’t begin until Advent is over.

looks like puddles is helping decorate too. ( Lol )

Puddles being mischievous in the corner!