Christmas '23 by @Thorvald (El Thorvaldo)

My 35th submission to DYOS XII: [link]

A.K.A. "Why hasn't Thorvald made a comic lately?", despite getting inspiration early in the month it still wasn't until the very end that I knuckled down to make it. At least it still fell within the year this time..!

Mikhail's "Actually—" refers to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church adopting the Gregorian December 25 as a rebuke against the war.

Continuing from last year's Side 7 cameos, the number readout is a stealth tribute to @4FFLU3NZ4, and translates as "KILOTAR". In truth my downtime is mostly due to administrative routines, but maybe if I was this aggressive I'd have better luck with my pitch...