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− | + | This comic was posted on December 24, 2018. | |
− | + | The day before a holiday, is often referred to as the "eve" of the holiday. Thus December 24 is Christmas Eve. | |
+ | Some people (presumably including Randall) extend this and call December 23 "Christmas Eve Eve". We add one "eve" for each night before Christmas morning. | ||
− | + | Cueball notes this, and Megan acknowledges this. Cueball follows by naming December 24 as Christmas Eve, December 25 as Christmas, and then mentions that the following day is his favorite. | |
+ | Megan's "Oh no" implies that she knows what Cueball will say next. | ||
− | + | Since December 26 is the 364th day before Christmas, it follows that December 26 is "Christmas eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve". | |
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+ | The title text refers to the [[wikipedia:Boxing Day|Boxing Day]] holiday celebrated the day after Christmas in the UK and many parts of the former British Empire. Although the name officially refers to servants boxing up the presents they get from their masters, most Americans don't know this and make jokes about how it refers to {{w|Boxing|the sport of Boxing}}. In this title text we can presume Cueball was punched (or ''boxed'') after his litany of 364 “eves”, to which he replies “Oh, so that's why they call it Boxing Day” only to be boxed again. | ||
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− | + | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon. I demand a recount!}} | |
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+ | [Cueball, White Hat, and Megan stand in frame.] | ||
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+ | Cueball: Today is Christmas Eve. Yesterday was Christmas eve eve. | ||
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+ | Megan: Uh huh... | ||
− | + | Cuball: Of course, tomorrow is Christmas. And then, my favourite... | |
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− | + | Megan: Oh no. | |
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− | + | Cueball: ...Christmas eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve eve! | |
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− | + | [The "eve"s get smaller over time.] | |
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− | + | Megan: I'm returning the presents I got you. | |
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