Deer Hunter
Christmas is over, but the idea of Santa Claus as a corporate entity was too much to pass up. I’d had several disparate ideas for Christmas themed comic that I tried to roll into one really long page for Christmas Day but it didn’t really pan out too well so I went back and reworked them to give them their own space.
Santa Claus, at least here in the States, is single-handedly responsible for the unholy resurrection of capitalism every year from November to December. Most businesses do okay throughout the year, but it’s not until after Halloween that everything really pulls together. The most poetic part of all this is that it almost mirrors the resurrection of Jesus himself. Am I saying that capitalism is the Messiah? Maybe.
Using religion and holidays as a tool for turning profits is nothing new in the world, unfortunately. For years the Catholic Church made a fortune selling indulgences to those rich enough to afford them. Nowadays, companies can sell products to the masses much more easily and push ideas that, in days gone by, would have been considered distasteful. Times, they are ah-changin’.
I guess it’s okay though. Giving gifts to others and being kind to human beings we don’t know is admirable. It would be lovely if we could cultivate this attitude throughout the year instead of on select days but I suppose life is difficult and people should be forgiven for not being able to keep up that level of enthusiasm.
Next up: New Year! Happle Tea moves into 2010 with a vengeance!
Santa’s drunk face will haunt me throughout all of 2010 haha
I don’t know how you did it but you somehow figured out how a weirded out Prancer would look like and he has a beer gut!
I always thought the Xmas holiday was the perfect excuse to get drunk, and Santa sure does look like he’s a jolly boozer. Red face, leaves presents in socks, eats your cookies, and enters and leaves through the chimney… seems like a drunk man to me. I miss the good ol’ days of Krampus who beat the hell out of bad kids and took them away. Anyway, here’s to you, you jolly fat plastered bastard!
*spits out morning coffee* *laughs until sides hurt* *laughs self out of the room*
Aaah! I agree with spookypeach. I’ve always been a bit frightened of Santa and this is terrifying.
… vengeance… wai- wait wait WHAT?
Can’t say I enjoy the corporate suits pushing outsourced products on the unsuspecting masses so that they lose their factory jobs in the next quarter but oh well… Prancer must feel wierd in this situation. Probably because he’s having an affair with Mrs. Claus.
Heh, I hate how a lot of people don’t know what x-mas is about. One of my friends little brother went to one of the ‘winter wonderland’ thing. He came to the nativity scene and said “What’s this got to do with X-mas?”
He’s like ten,
I didn’t know until I was eight.
Did you know ALL the reindeer are female?