Look! It's a Seventies Archie Christmas special! Good cheer to all!
Like, literally. Every story in just about every Archie Christmas special that I've ever read ends with a variation on the "Good will/cheer to all" sentiment. There's only one story in here that doesn't end with that sentiment. It just has it in the middle of the story instead.
Don't get me wrong - I actually really love the Christmas stories in Archie comics, especially the old ones. They're sappy and happy and silly, and generally pretty sweet. The gang aren't nearly as catty with one another in the Christmas specials. Which I suppose is kind of what Christmas is all about.
I was talking with my son the other day about why I love Christmas so much. I'm not a religious person (unless you count the religion of Superman, I suppose). For me, Christmas is much more about the Yuletide, that deep part of the Winter, and about keeping family and loved ones close. I think that's the thing I love the most about this season - the good will that tends to permeate the time. Christmas can definitely make me grumpy (especially since marking season precedes it), but those moments of real fellowship that the season sometimes evokes are what makes it all worth it. A quiet or not so quiet gathering with friends. Christmas morning with my wife and son is amazing.
And that's what today's comic is all about: how we feel and express fellowship. Yes, in the Seventies, it's occasionally sexist, or insultingly trying to sound "hip," but in the end it's about loving your fellow humans.
To be continued.
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