Cartoon Saturday

Ho, ho, ho and all that stuff ...

Donald Trump showed off his brilliant deal-making skills this week, getting into a petulant shouting match on live TV with Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer over his insistence on shutting down the government if he doesn't get $5 billion for his border wall that Mexico was supposed to pay for; according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, gun deaths in the United States this year were the highest in 40 years; the Senate grew the first discernible traces of a spine this week, passing a resolution to withdraw US military aid for Saudi Arabia's war on Yemen and to blame the Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi; a wave of e-mailed bomb threats caused concern - but no casualties - in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand; and in Washington, accused Russian agent Maria Butina pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to act as an unregistered agent of Russia, working for several years to develop relationships with conservative activists (including the National Rifle Association) and leading Republicans in the United States.

There are just two Cartoon Saturdays left before Christmas, so we'll dedicate both of them to cartoons about Christmas because, well, why not? ...

Yes. Yes, it is ...

Yes. Yes, they have ...

Money well spent ...

Busted! ...

With the size of Santa's naughty list this year, it could have solved the entire problem ...

Little girls want different things this year. So do the rest of us ...

The best part of this cartoon is where the lights were made ...

That's a really good approach ...

The rest of the story ...

I always wondered why he'd set up shop in such a remote place ...

Christmas is just a week and a half away. Our tree is up and decorated, the annual Christmas letters have been sent, the cards have been mailed, and I've made three cubic yards of Chex Mix. Ready to go!

Have a good day and a great weekend. come back tomorrow for a somewhat off-the-rails Musical Sunday. More thoughts then.

Bilbo