Bill Watterson in Calvin & Hobbes

Oh look, yet another Christmas TV special! How touching to have the meaning of Christmas brought to us by cola, fast food, and beer.... Who'd have ever guessed that product consumption, popular entertainment, and spirituality would mix so harmoniously?

— Bill Watterson on Christmas

What It Means

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Bill Watterson

About Bill Watterson

William B. "Bill" Watterson II (born July 5 1958) is the author of the comic-strip Calvin and Hobbes.