Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for December 16, 2017

that sweater must be the work of someone who does crochet and electronics

She is the PATRON SAINT OF THE UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER.

As mentioned yesterday, 10 years ago, a blog entry accompanied this strip: 

http://richardspooralmanac.blogspot.com/2007/12/more-christmas-sweater.html

My experience with ugly Christmas sweaters is actually pretty limited. When I first read this strip, I remember searching online to see if there really were ones with electrical features (I didn’t quite believe the train part). Oh what I’m missing.

There is another button that makes the star and wreath flash and spin.

Comic strip technology is a wonderful thing.

Of course it’s warm! That coal-burning locomotive puts out a lot of heat.

This one is favorite of mine!

I love Madeline’s ugly Christmas sweaters!

Mine just has Steph Curry sinking a half-court buzzer beater.

……..and it makes her look like she weighs 500 pounds. What’s not to like!

@ANDYLIT (from yesterday), Madeline has more than one fabulous Christmas sweater. The one with the scrolling text is from 2010 (see the copyright in the strip) and can be seen here: http://www.gocomics.com/news/all/4420/ugly-christmas-sweater-comics

Amazing! But does the train run on time, and do crossing gates automatically go down when Madeline approaches?