Judge — December 11, 1920 — page 11: what you’re looking at

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# "A December Calendar of Christmas Possibilities, with Happy Backward Glances" This is a humorous calendar page by Joseph A. Cunningham featuring 31 comic vignettes depicting various Christmas scenarios and holiday mishaps. Rather than identifying specific political figures, the cartoons satirize common domestic and social situations: gift-giving disasters, holiday parties gone wrong, Christmas shopping chaos, winter weather problems, and family gatherings. The "backward glances" reference suggests nostalgia for past Christmases, likely contrasting idealized holiday memories with realistic comedic outcomes. The drawings employ exaggerated expressions and slapstick situations typical of Judge magazine's satirical style. Without clearer text legibility on individual panels, specific plot details remain difficult to confirm, but the overall purpose is gentle social commentary on modern Christmas culture and consumer excess through visual humor.