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No. 899: Porky Pine's EXPLOSIVE Christmas!

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Porky Pine's EXPLOSIVE Christmas!

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Permanent URL: https://mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=899

Strip by: Hunter (Chez) Fenton

{Pogo Possum and his friends are holding a splendid Christmas party at the treehouse. Porky Pine is wearing a Santa Claus costime as Pogo greets Churchill LaFemme the turtle and Ol' Toadie Frog.}
Pogo: Welcome back Churchy LaFemme and Ol' Toadie Frog -- jes' in time to see ol' Porky Pine smile for Christmas.
Churchy LaFemme: Honest!?
Pogo: And looky, Li'l Flea, here come Howlan' Owl to the party --- Hurry up! Pory Pine gone smile for Christmas.
Howland: Pork an' Pine gone smile? No foolin'?
Pogo: Special for ol' Noel.
{Everyone is now gathered up around Porky Pine}
Albert Alligator: You promised you would smile an' say "Merry Christmas to every li'l ol' body."
Porky Pine: Okay. Get ready - one -
Albert: {noticing the candle brightening up} Oop - the candle a-blowin'.
Porky Pine: Two-
{The candle turns out to be a very dangerous piece of atomic dynamite! It explodes, resulting in a humongous nuclear explosion that kills all the animals in the Okefenokee Swamp.}
Albert: Yowp.

The author writes:

Like they say, the old year must end with a bang! [Ed.: Merry Christmas and happy holidays, everyone!]

Original Pogo strips: 1948-12-26, 1949-08-17.