December

I though that what was happening in this calendar page was very clear. Santa is exchanging one of his reindeer for Strombeek.  (He's the one with the talk bubble.) But then at one point Art said something weird about Strombeek holding Santa, or wrestling Santa.  Or a bear.  Or wearing a magic cloak--I'm not entirely sure what it was now, but whatever it was made it clear to me that this whole scene could be much more confusing than it was meant to be. (Maybe he thought Strombeek had leaped up into the sleigh and was absconding with Santa?) Of course I encourage and am amused by this plurality of interpretations, but I said I was going to explain them in the blog each month.  And so I am.

Santa is a photograph of an actual Santa ornament.  The park is downtown near Nat Geo taken just after a snowfall probably at least five years ago.