Wallace the Brave by Will Henry for December 13, 2023

Aw, Dad.

Decorate it where it stands! The woodland creatures will appreciate that. :)

Dad being the sensible one in the family?

You’re gonna’ need a bigger saw!

Even Seagull is wide-eyed!

Every year my mother would request a little tree she could put on a table. Every year my Dad would buy the biggest tree he could fine. He’d drag it in and my mother would say " oh Harold" then she would cover it with tinsel, one strand at a time. They were married 67 years.

Four in favor, one against.

The eyes have it!

Even if their eyes are bigger than Dad’s stomach.

“Well, now that you’ve decided on the tree for Rockefeller Center, we should choose one for the house.”

Guess there’s hope for Sterling, if he can see some beauty in the world..

Well, if Dad hauls a few branches at a time, he can do the reassembly at home with some duct tape. Think of it as Ikea, but with fewer missing parts.

Thankfully there are no sequoias!

The light and shadow in the first (& last) panel is beautiful! The colors and angle from the right rear are so like a southern New England winter.

That’s where they get it from!

In our family, it was mom who was the practical one.

Take the top 7 feet. That’s what they do in Maine. Just look at the trees in thir front yards.

You are going to need a bigger saw.

You are going to need a bigger truck.

You are going to need a bigger house.

It’d be a sin to maul that mighty pine down so’s to get it on the car, in the front door and make it fit in their living room.

Check for pine cones, and squirrels, first.

I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess that Dad’s first name is NOT “Clark” …

Don’t you dare! That’s a magnificent tree that needs to stay growing strong! Bah…

Rechargeable chainsaws are changing Christmas tree selections.

My kind of woman.

Don’t you wish you had been nicer to those beavers?

This is literally the same convo my family has every single year.

What Would Charlie Brown think?

I’ve seen smaller Gigantic Redwoods. No indeed……

Sterling: “And it will make a beauuuutiful fire.”

It’s too beautiful to cut. Let it live where it stands.

Please. Let that majestic tree remain alive.

One reason we got a wrought iron tree.

We have a 30 footer in our front yard. For the last few years we have invited our neighbours to contribute to the decorations. Had a big party about 2 weeks ago and a great afternoon. And now it’s all lit up and just gorgeous.

See the stumps in panel 3? Are those from previous years, or Dad cut each one down, then decided it wasn’t perfect?