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December 19: Bah, Humbug!

You thought I was kidding about that earlier cover when I said that the presents were about to hit the smiling, oblivious youth in their noggins. But on this book you see the sort of thing that happens. And its title, Bah, Humbug!, reflects that other side of Christmas, one that Schulz clearly understood and reflected…. and for that aspect of it, I love this 1996 hardcover strip reprint. (And yes, it comes with wrapping paper in the back, so you can wrap this up and make “Bah, Humbug!” the message of your Christmas gift.

 

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