Year-End Bonus

What, you thought Santa was going to eat all those cookies by himself?

Here, we have pictured Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus, Black Pete, the Three Kings, Christkind, Knecht Ruprecht, Jack Frost, Krampus, Olentzero, and La Befana, which all help out with Christmas one way or another.  I was tempted to add in the Yule Lads as well, but given that there are thirteen of them and my hand was cramping up, I decided not to.  Same reason for not putting in any elves or reindeer.  Don't worry, they still get cookies too. 

And it just occurred to me that it is really weird to see Christkind and Krampus in the same room.

Trap the Halls

'Twas the night before Christmas, and nobody slept. 


This is a work of fiction.  Any similarity to actual cats, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
Actual people, however....   *snicker*

Merry Christmas!

Special Privileges

Here comes Santa Claus!  ...and Black Pete, a.k.a. the guy who leaves coal and switches for bad children. 

Before anyone gets on my case, I will say that I am well aware that this is not how Black Pete is traditionally portrayed (he's usually a black guy in a Renaissance-style page costume).  However, this is kind of what I imagined him as looking like before I found out otherwise, so this is what you lucky readers get stuck with.

O Christmas Tree

Some stereotypes are hard to overcome.
What I want to know is, why on Earth did they have a flaming Christmas tree in the first place?

Here we have Hades, Lord of the Underworld, joined by his lovely wife Persephone. 


Don't worry.  They get a happy ending:

Awww..... : )

Sleep Deprivation 101

I, of course, am a mature young adult who has never done anything like this. 

Yep. 

Stop laughing, Mom.