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<p>2600:1700:94A0:6BE8:5C0C:C869:EEF2:8B3F: /* Explanation */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 959<br /> | date = October 3, 2011<br /> | title = Caroling<br /> | image = caroling.png<br /> | titletext = For a thousand generations we vowed never to forget how his soldiers feasted on our brother Stephen.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{w|Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia}} is a martyr in Christianity, and observed as a saint in many sects thereof. He was the inspiration for the Christmas Carol, &quot;{{w|Good King Wenceslas}},&quot; the first verse of which goes:<br /> <br /> :''Good King Wenceslas looked out, on the Feast of Stephen,''<br /> :''When the snow lay round about, deep and crisp and even;''<br /> :''Brightly shone the moon that night, tho' the frost was cruel,''<br /> :''When a poor man came in sight, gath'ring winter fuel.''<br /> <br /> Wenceslas is not known to be responsible for any massacre, and in fact protected his subjects from external dominance and is still a national hero to the Czech people. [[Black Hat]] is supplying {{w|disinformation}} to unsuspecting carolers, either to shut them up, by making them falsely think that they are associating themselves with a morally reprehensible man, or just because he's a [[classhole]] like that.<br /> <br /> The title text references &quot;the {{w|St. Stephen's Day|Feast of Stephen}}&quot;, also known as the &quot;Feast of St. Stephen&quot; or &quot;St. Stephen's Day&quot;, which is a holiday celebrated on 26 or 27 December by the {{w|Latin Church|Western}} or {{w|Eastern Christianity|Eastern Church}} respectively. (For the {{w|Eastern Orthodox Church}}, which still observes the {{w|Julian calendar}}, it falls on 9 January of the {{w|Gregorian calendar}}.) It is not actually a feast that involved eating a person named Stephen.{{Citation needed}}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[Three people, two the same size, one smaller stand together singing Christmas carols.]<br /> :Carolers (in unison): Good king Wenceslas looked out on the— <br /> <br /> :[Black Hat leans out of an above ground window.]<br /> :Black Hat: King Wenceslas massacred my people.<br /> <br /> :[The carolers stand in silence, the smaller one looks at the others.]<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]]<br /> [[Category:Music]]<br /> [[Category:Christmas]]</div>

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