[Via Golden Age Comic Book Stories]

[Via Golden Age Comic Book Stories]

Knockabout comedian extraordinaire Derek Taylor Shayne in the wings, above in a photo by Teresa Menendez, and the incomparable Delores & Eddie, below . . .

Show biz tristesse.

Another great holiday image by John Falter.

If you find yourself depressed during the Christmas season you shouldn't be surprised or too worried about it — Christmas is not by its nature a time of unmitigated happiness.  The first Christmas began with “no room at the inn” and climaxed with the birth of a child who would grow up to be brutally murdered.  Christmas is a time to celebrate peace on earth and goodwill to men in the conspicuous absence of those things.  It's a kind of spiritual defiance.

By John Falter, who had a way with holiday themes.

By the great Mead Schaeffer, from 1946.

In Bed, The Kiss, 1892

Streams of mercy never ceasing call for endless songs of praise . . .

And the update . . .

Wild Turkey