Life, 1924-12-11 · page 15 of 36
Life — December 11, 1924 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a comic strip titled "Skippy" depicting a young boy's persistent questioning about Christmas. The humor centers on a child's relentless logic: Skippy argues that since Christmas occurs "the next to-morrow morning," and tomorrow will eventually become "the next to-morrow morning," every day technically qualifies as Christmas. His father, exasperated, finally tells him to sleep. The satire gently mocks childhood reasoning and parental exhaustion. The strip captures universal family dynamics—a clever child using circular logic to pester his father about a beloved holiday, while the adult simply wants peace and quiet. The joke requires no specific historical or political knowledge, relying instead on timeless generational humor about children's persistence and adult fatigue.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
NOT THAT NEXT TO- Skippy: weet, THEN, * THE NEXT TO-MORROW MOKROW MORNING 'N MORNING 'N’ THE NEXT TO-MORKOW MORNING ‘x’ THE NEXT TO-MORROW MORNING, BUT THE NEXT TO-MORROW MORNING, IS THAT CHRIST~ MAS? “eR—NO! SON, LET PAPA GO TO SLEEP NOW, al r iv \ PAPA—OM, Pst, paral” Skippy: PAPA, NOT TO-MORROW MORN IN "THE NEXT TO-MORROW MORNING ’x’ THE NEXT TO-MOKKOW MORNING, BUT THE NEXT TO-MORROW MORNING, IS THAT CHRISTMAS ? “wom? wHaT? ciRIstTMas— ER—NO—no!” “AFTER, MAYBE.” comicbooks.com