Happy December!
It’s chilly here in New York City, the tree is up in Rockefeller Center, and there’s holiday music being played by department stores and street performers alike.
This week, the holiday preparations began in earnest all over DailyINK. Hanukkah begins tomorrow night, and we wish a very happy one to all those of you celebrating it! Meanwhile, it looks like a lot of our favorite comic characters are getting ready for Christmas:

BLEEKER THE RECHARGEABLE DOG by Jonathan Mahood

BLONDIE by Dean Young and John Marshall

BUCKLES by David Gilbert

CRANKSHAFT by Tom Batiuk and Chuck Ayers

The Family Circus by Jeff Keane

ON THE FASTRACK by Bill Holbrook

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE by Chris Browne

HI AND LOIS By Brian Walker, Greg Walker and Chance Browne

MALLARD FILLMORE by Bruce Tinsley

MARVIN by Tom Armstrong

SALLY FORTH by by Francesco Marciuliano and Craig Macintosh