Life, 1922-12-21 · page 27 of 42
Life — December 21, 1922 — page 27: what you’re looking at
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This is a humorous illustrated narrative following a Scottish child named Wee MacGregor through Christmas Day, using Scottish dialect ("Aweel," "feckless," "unco graund"). The comic strips show the boy's activities across key times: unable to sleep at 6:05 AM due to excitement, receiving gifts, playing roughly with an adult at 2:45 PM, finding coal in a stocking at 4:14 PM (a common joke about naughty children), attempting to recite "Auld Lang Syne" at 5:58 PM, and finally contentedly asleep at 8:28 PM, expressing that "Christmasses are unco graund" (uncannily grand/wonderful). The satire gently mocks childhood Christmas excitement and behavior—the impatience, messiness, and eventual exhaustion—while celebrating the holiday's simple joys. It's sentimental rather than sharp political satire, appealing to readers' nostalgia for childhood wonder.
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LIFE Wee MacGreegor’s Christmas Aweel, Laddie, Ye Had a Braw Day for It 10:30 A.M. — Atyke’s (as Bobbie says) a tyke, for a” this— Vha* sort o” feckless flummes 6:05 A. M. I canna rest the whiles ma cannie dye ca’ this? ae ot ‘Mac, ma lad. there’s choc- olate aboot.”* 2:45 P.M. The maister’s sense of humor's deleterious, His effort’s more successfu" when he’s serious. 4:14 P.M. Hoo could L tell—if ye'll permit containt "sic 5:58 P.M. Should auld acquai Oho! kissie ‘neath the tance be forgot? a " ° Co _ 8:28 P.M. (and all’s well) He murmurs, eyes fast closed with “Dod aye! But Christmasses are unco graund!” comicbooks.com