The complicated issue of saying HAPPY HOLIDAYS: cartoon

Neil Lisst

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Tue Dec-13-05 01:19 AM
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The complicated issue of saying HAPPY HOLIDAYS: cartoon

Unless you're a complete moron, you already know why we say HAPPY HOLIDAYS. However, in the event you work for Fox News or your name is Jerry Falwell, here's a visual aid - today's Neil Lisst political cartoon.

http://www.webcomicsnation.com/neillisst/

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Humor_In_Cuneiform

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Tue Dec-13-05 01:21 AM
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1. Nicely done.

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Neil Lisst

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Tue Dec-13-05 01:57 AM
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4. Thanks. You know I'm a fan of your name!

Reader's Digest humor is engrained deeply within me, and Humor In Uniform has always been a favorite.

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Humor_In_Cuneiform

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Tue Dec-13-05 05:20 PM
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34. Hehe. I didn't realize right away after I chose the name what it was

a takeoff on.

Thanks.

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Neil Lisst

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Tue Dec-13-05 06:00 PM
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36. No kidding! I thought maybe you chose it for that reason.

They're not as funny as they used to be. I'm not sure why.

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Humor_In_Cuneiform

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Tue Dec-13-05 07:00 PM
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38. Somewhere in my mind, I did choose it because of those old

Reader's Digest jokes. I just didn't know it till later.

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Neil Lisst

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Tue Dec-13-05 07:10 PM
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39. I've been reading that section off and on for 40 years.

since the mid 1960s

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Warpy

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Tue Dec-13-05 01:23 AM
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2. Hey!

You forgot New Year's Day!

That's the one I've been rubbing fundy noses in, the reason it's "Happy HolidayS instead of the one their exclusive religious club is trying to claim away from anybody who doesn't belong.

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Neil Lisst

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Tue Dec-13-05 01:58 AM
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5. yeah, we don't like to use more than 3 frames.

so we couldn't mention New Year's Eve and Day

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Neil Lisst

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Tue Dec-13-05 10:05 AM
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21. also, not tied to religious and spiritual beliefs

so that's another thing

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The Wielding Truth

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Tue Dec-13-05 07:13 PM
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40. Yes, Warpy. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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f-bush

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Tue Dec-13-05 01:49 AM
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3. HAPPY HOLIDAYS, HAPPY HANNAKWNZMAS, HAPPY FESTIVUS

I am making it a point to say happy holidays where ever I go this season. Had not these fundy ass wipes started bleeting about this crap, I probably would have said Merry Christmas. I find it ironic that the very largest of the right wing nut fundy churches won't even have a Christmas day service. How's that for taking Christ out of Christmas?

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Neil Lisst

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Tue Dec-13-05 01:59 AM
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6. Christ, you know it ain't easy. You know how hard it can be.

The way things are goin' ...

---then something else I can't remember

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Clark2008

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Tue Dec-13-05 07:18 AM
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16. ...they're going to crucify me...

The Ballad of John and Yoko.

;)

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Neil Lisst

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Tue Dec-13-05 07:59 AM
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19. Nice catch! Great tune, eh?

I love that one.

Still hate Yoko.

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Clark2008

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Tue Dec-13-05 07:17 AM
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15. Same here!

Well, that and the fact that my ex-husband is Muslim and my fiance is Jewish. LOL. I'm pretty multi-cultural.

Oh - Ramadan sometimes falls around the December holiday season, too, making FOUR holidays of all faiths right in a row. Ramadan was in December two years ago.

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Neil Lisst

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Tue Dec-13-05 07:58 AM
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18. yeah, but Ramadan has been moving backwards.

Edited on Tue Dec-13-05 07:58 AM by Neil Lisst

Ten years ago, it was still going on in January, because I remember it was ongoing when the Rockets played the Bulls, and Hakeem was fasting. It was a daytime, Sunday game.

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fortyfeetunder

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Tue Dec-13-05 02:09 AM
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7. Cool commentary

And you used a common theme: light.

Pardon the pun, but it's too bad more people don't see the "light" in the term "Happy Holidays"!

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Neil Lisst

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Tue Dec-13-05 02:31 AM
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8. I wanted it to look like a neighborhood or a Holiday card.

Glad you like it. The first draft was too dark. We were going to have it be at night, and dark outside, but it lacked the light and airy feel I wanted.

We wanted to say "it's just common courtesy to say 'Happy Holidays' when many faiths are involved in our society.

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Kurovski

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Tue Dec-13-05 02:47 AM
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9. I love the artwork.

:thumbsup:

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Neil Lisst

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Tue Dec-13-05 02:54 AM
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10. It's Canadian.

I write them in detail, as scripts, like story boards. He draws them. This one only required one draft. Some require many. Some don't.

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Neil Lisst

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Tue Dec-13-05 04:05 AM
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11. This is sort of a Holiday Greetings Card for us

Our way of saying it.

http://www.webcomicsnation.com/neillisst/

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Neil Lisst

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Tue Dec-13-05 06:02 AM
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12. Merry Christmas!

among other things

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formercia

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Tue Dec-13-05 07:14 AM
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13. But..but.. the tree is a pagan symbol

you forgot Christmas.

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Neil Lisst

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Tue Dec-13-05 07:55 AM
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17. That's why we put CHRISTMAS in big letters under the tree!

Edited on Tue Dec-13-05 07:56 AM by Neil Lisst

I didn't want to use the cross, but I did want to show it was Christmas.

I gave them this one last week!!

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Clark2008

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Tue Dec-13-05 07:15 AM
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14. And since "holiday" is derived from "holy day," it makes sense.

I think I'll make that my wallpaper. :)

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Neil Lisst

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Tue Dec-13-05 08:54 AM
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20. true dat.

Holiday
Holy Day

not much of a reach, eh?

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formercia

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Tue Dec-13-05 04:22 PM
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30. That's why the fundies are against Halloween

Hallow een= Holy eve.

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Neil Lisst

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Tue Dec-13-05 04:29 PM
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33. they hate FUN!

that ain't no fun!

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Terran

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Tue Dec-13-05 10:18 AM
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22. Well done!

I saw your "Ludacrismas" toon also and thought it was funny. Loved him in "Crash", btw.

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Neil Lisst

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Tue Dec-13-05 11:59 AM
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24. Yeah, Ludacris was really good in CRASH.

That film just blew me away.

I think he's a very good actor.

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semillama

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Tue Dec-13-05 11:54 AM
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23. Don't forget Saturnalia!

the original holidays!

and the appropriate holiday greeting? "Io, Saturnalia" (Io pronounced Yo)!

it's partly where the traditions of decorating with evergreens and giving gifts comes from as well.

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Neil Lisst

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Tue Dec-13-05 12:00 PM
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25. That's right. The Christmas tree is OLDER than Jesus.

Well isn't that conveeeeennnnnient?!!

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formercia

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Tue Dec-13-05 04:25 PM
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31. The church was quick to take pagan symbols,

Edited on Tue Dec-13-05 04:26 PM by formercia

gods and holidays and turn them into christian symbols,saints and holidays. It's much easier to convert and train the unwashed masses.

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Neil Lisst

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Tue Dec-13-05 04:27 PM
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32. That's where we got the Easter bunny, too. Another pagan ritual.

The Madonna - pagan goddess, too.

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formercia

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Tue Dec-13-05 05:49 PM
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35. The parade of Virgins has been cancelled, Sire

One is sick and the other refuses to march alone.

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Neil Lisst

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Tue Dec-13-05 06:02 PM
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37. Yeah, virgins. What are those now?

Almost ALL Christian holidays are pagan festivities. Why? Cuz pagans turned Christians got to party, yall!

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CornField

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Tue Dec-13-05 12:16 PM
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26. "Whatever your faith or non-faith, go whistle"

I read this in an editorial in an NC paper this morning. Loved it... stealing it. :)

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Neil Lisst

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Tue Dec-13-05 12:42 PM
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28. I really don't care what people say, as long as it's not ..

"have a blessed day."

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ieoeja

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Tue Dec-13-05 12:25 PM
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27. Then I guess I'm a complete moron.

I'm 43 years old, and when I was a kid we called the period from Thanksgiving through New Year's the "Holiday season" -- "Christmas season" doesn't really fit since it continues for a week after Christmas -- and said "Happy Holidays" to encompass the entire season. While I occasionally heard someone saying "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year", most folk just shortened it to "Happy Holidays".

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Neil Lisst

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Tue Dec-13-05 12:44 PM
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29. It's been around forever, but it's displacing Christmas in some

walks of life, like businesses.

The term Happy Holidays has been around a long time. This old song ..

...hap-py holidays (hap-py HOL-i-days)

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DemGirl7

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Tue Dec-13-05 07:20 PM
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41. Are you suggesting that those idiots you mentioned would get visual aids??

Sorry, but I think they are too stupid to understand visual aids even, but thats just my opinion. BTW, I like the cartoon, and many of your other cartoons as well. :-)

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Neil Lisst

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Tue Dec-13-05 08:05 PM
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42. I think I was being what they call "sarcastic!"

Edited on Tue Dec-13-05 08:05 PM by Neil Lisst

;)
You couldn't make the Fox News goons see the light if you sent them to the sun.

Glad you like the cartoons. We sure enjoy creating them.

This one today just set a new record for page views in a day.

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Neil Lisst

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Tue Dec-13-05 08:49 PM
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43. This cartoon has set a record.

over 16,000 page views today

That's a new record for the cartoon.

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Neil Lisst

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Wed Dec-14-05 12:04 AM
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44. Last chance for today's holiday greeting! Hillary is next!

In an hour, Hillary will be UP for your laughing pleasure.

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