Calvin and Hobbes' Christmas comic strips

Christmas is just days away. When I was a kid, the thing that I looked forward most about Christmas was Santa's gift. Starting November, I usually get more conscious of my actions, worried that Santa might not give me a nice gift if I'm bad. And I thought that if I'm extra good towards the year-end, Santa will forget about the bad things that I did earlier in the year and would reconsider giving me a nice present! Haha...

Here are some Calvin and Hobbes Christmas strips which somehow reflect my thoughts about Santa when I was a kid.



I always wondered how Santa determined if I've been good or bad but unlike Calvin, I never thought about using temporary insanity as justification for my misdeeds! Haha...


Tried to be good most of the time... bad things inexplicably kept happening... got blamed for things he did only sort of on purpose... really nice try, Calvin! I've never been this good at making excuses. Haha...


Simple risk analysis?! Haha... But let's admit it, the thought of Santa being able to deliver gifts to all kids all over the globe in one night does sound preposterous - even to a kid. I actually had to look up what preposterous means when I read this strip! Haha... It means "contrary to reason or common sense". Anyway, there were times when I had doubts about Santa too when I was a kid because a lot of my classmates said so. But I defended him because I've been getting gifts from him every year. The only time I knew the truth was when my brothers squealed it out when I was about 10 (or 11) years old. That old already! Haha... But those 10 years were the best Christmases I ever had!:)