2006

Somewhere in the late 1990s, we started getting Christmas cards that were reproductions of crayon drawings by the children of our friends. By 2006, that phenomenon had grown, and was begging for a little send-up. We kept coming up with unsatisfactory parodies until my sweet wife once again stepped up with a naughty solution. The drawing, purportedly by Sadie Belle, would feature a scene where Dad walks in on Mom and Santa Claus in the sack.

The idea was perfect, but the execution was a nightmare. We asked two different professional illustrators to draw such a picture the way a small child would in crayon. What could be easier, right? But neither could get it to look right, and they both wound up throwing their hands up. Finally, Holly took a hack at it and produced this great scene. Check out the tears shooting out of Dad’s eyes. Just wonderful!

Favorite captions:
+ Kenny told me to put out cookies and milk for Santa. I somehow missed the “cookies and milk” part.
+ I suppose next year’s mall photo is gonna be a bit awkward.
+ Well, it’s no longer a mystery where the giant plasma TV came from this year.
+ Can you believe some moms actually camped out for a Playstation 3? Amateurs.