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Original: early on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Caption (below panel): Holiday shopping before the year 0.
Panel 1:
A bearded man in robes and a woman in a hooded robe stand outside near a decorated Christmas tree.
Bearded man: "They're already stocking Christmas stuff? Jesus hasn't even been born yet."
Woman: "Consumerism."
Votey:
Close-up of the bearded man's face.
Bearded man: "At least there's cheap Halloween candy since nobody celebrates it yet."
Panel 1:
A bearded man in robes and a woman in a hooded robe stand outside near a decorated Christmas tree.
Bearded man: "They're already stocking Christmas stuff? Jesus hasn't even been born yet."
Woman: "Consumerism."
Votey:
Close-up of the bearded man's face.
Bearded man: "At least there's cheap Halloween candy since nobody celebrates it yet."
Alt text
An SMBC comic captioned "Holiday shopping before the year 0." A bearded man in robes stands beside a hooded woman next to a decorated Christmas tree with ornaments. The man complains, "They're already stocking Christmas stuff? Jesus hasn't even been born yet." The woman flatly replies, "Consumerism." The joke: Christmas commercialization is depicted as already underway in the era just before Jesus's birth. Votey (bonus panel): a close-up of the bearded man, who adds, "At least there's cheap Halloween candy since nobody celebrates it yet."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.