Peanuts by Charles Schulz for December 26, 1964
Transcript:
"For three months I counted the days until Christmas.." Lucy holds up her fingers. Charlie Brown stands behind her.<BR><BR> "Then last week I started to count the hours..." She looks at Charlie Brown.<BR><BR> "Then on Christmas Eve I started to count the minutes; then the seconds...I counted every second until Christmas..." She clasps her hands.<BR><BR> She throws back her head and wails: "AND NOW IT'S ALL OVER!"<BR><BR>
Moral of story: Never look forward TOO much to a brief, temporary event.