Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for December 05, 2021

Brad, you scrooge.

Brad needs to think outside the box with this one.

Guess G&K decided to give Frank a break. Drag Brad away from Toni and Shannon to let him be the bad guy at a home he no longer lives at?

By the by, where the Sam Hill is Luann? She still lives there. She should be doing this.

But if she did, likely, G&K would have Bernice steal all the credit.

That’s been pretty much how this strip goes lately.

I don’t understand the strip.

Why do they have some boxes marked Lites?? They should be labeled Lights!

I think that Brad’s idea was to simply hang the boxes up.

Shouldn’t Bwad be at home decorating his own house?

Oh, I get it. The first panel is Brad’s description of how he wanted to decorate the house for Christmas. Usually you get a wavy line on the panel border or a thought balloon pointing to Brad’s head.

Good idea! Instead of setting up all 29 Christmas trees, I could just set out 29 boxes in the house. Just finished setting up the 8th tree, our main tree that is nearly 14 feet tall, rotates, and takes 3 evenings to decorate. 21 to go! The upside – down tree is next. Looks like a two beer job.

Frank is right and Brad you are helping your dad and not the other way around.

Dumb, dumb, dumb. Let’s go back to Tiffany getting out of the shower.

Right from the playbook of Earl Pickles…(https://www.gocomics.com/pickles/2021/12/04)

Brad’s idea would save electricity and would win the minimalist decoration award!

The last panel of this one with Gunther and Tiff was pretty funny. At the expense of Tiff’s hair:

https://www.gocomics.com/luann/2017/06/14

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If you’re going to put the effort into putting boxes up on the roof so people will think "he tried. You’re better off exerting more effort and putting the actual decor up cause the boxes will look trashy.

Re: yesterday’s strip: Gunther was just surprised that the carpet didn’t match the drapes…

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Frank is right, but I agree with Brad.

“I don’t care WHAT your name is, fat man – get them reindeer off my roof!”

Wouldn’t the Roof Santa box blocking the chimney be some sort of health and/or fire hazard? Brad should know better about that one.

Brad’s idea would make putting the decorations away after Christmas much easier.

I don’t get the punch line of the strip, what am I missing?

Is that supposed to be funny?

If you buy lights at WallyMart they will have someone put them up and take them down. $400 minimum charge, of course!

It would definitely stand out. Not at night, mind you.

Great to see that Frank and Brad are doing something together, like dads and their sons should.

You know what be even easier, use a Xmas projector back on the house. I saw one advertised two years ago. You can also get Halloween projections, too.

The garland box would get in the way of getting in & out of the garage. I sympathize, Brad. We rarely put much outside anymore. Husband can’t do heavy lifting & it’s too much for me.

Hauling the boxes up high and getting them to stay there would be more trouble than putting up the decorations. If he empties the boxes first, that is more work. I can see why Toni doesn’t want to have children with this dummy.

I say set all the boxes on the front lawn with a big sign that says ‘Use your imagination’.

We’re not doing… what?!?

Now there’s some one that knows a good radio program!

Ah, yes, the annual tradition in which, during a period in which most people spend more money than usual, they also decide to increase their electric bills by installing superfluous lights just to impress the neighbors. :)

Brad’s approach would be considered installation art in some places, and would fetch a hefty price. The Museum of Modern Art in Minneapolis would love it; I once saw far dumber things there. Two white-painted kitchen chairs stacked one on top of the other? If that’s art, so is Brad’s Christmas lighting ploy—it’s just that he’s not making the claim that it is art.

They are at the back of the house in panel 2. Toni probably told Brad to go help his dad after she talk to NancyThe boxes are marked with names of decorations to make easy to what backs have what in them.

Marcel Duchamp would approve.

i kinda like this idea

Finally some sense to these strips

For some of us, this makes sense. Even though you once labeled the boxes, they no longer contain what’s labelled. After the holidays, the decorations expand so that what comes out of the boxes never fits back in(that’s why they are mislabelled). Brad’s plan simplifies all this and allows the neighbors to “just imagine how magnificently the house is decorated.”

Completely different topic:

Schrodinger’s Dog:

https://www.gocomics.com/profile/2918690

Apparently, his last appearance was

https://www.gocomics.com/luann/2021/09/27?comments=visible

Last comments, something about his dog had died and it may be time for him to move on.

Hey, Dog! We miss you! (At least, I do)

And if you’re reading this, I hope you’re having a great Christmas!

Yes, don’t let the whole neighborhood see that someone really likes to write “lites” on boxes of lights.

Maybe Luann should be helping considering the fact that she’s the kid who actually lives in the house.

Brad doesn’t even live there, be happy he is helping

Wait a minute. Who stole Greg’s drawing pencil? This cottage is not up to the normal precision of his architectural creations. This is pure Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Think about how quick it will come down.

I gave up “Decorating” for howlingdaze years ago and eliminated a lot of stress from my life.

Now, I just need to figure out what to do with all those leftover strings of lights.

Can’t blame him for trying.

Leave the outdoors decorating to the pros!

What? You are the pros?!

This may not end well….

That is something the young/high school Brad would say/do…

Ornaments and trees from IKEA, ready for assembly.

Pressure to decorate for the holidays can cause the unwilling to cave in just for the sake of peace. (Wives, relatives, neighbors, etc. telling you that you “have” to do certain things, even if you hate them). Years ago, I had a tiny apartment and an even tinier budget. I had one friend who kept insisting that I should get a Christmas tree! (Something I didn’t even want). I had a real tree branch attached to the wall for my parakeets to fly to and perch on. I got a red package bow and stuck on that, and showed it to her as my new Christmas Tree. She was not amused. But then, she was probably still mad at me for refusing to go with her one night to make “snow angels” in the park – at 1:00 a.m.!

Just get a cardboard cutout of Adam Sandler.