Bellevue Carol – Bruce Broughton (Miracle on 34th Street)

Glorious, Beautiful Chirstmas – Carl Zittrer & Paul Zaza (A Christmas Story)

Al Green & Annie Lennox – Put A Little Love In Your Heart (Scrooged)

Kajagoogoo – Shouldn’t Do That (Santa Claus: The Movie)

Jingle Bells – Yello (The Santa Clause)

The Gremlin Rag – Jerry Goldsmith (Gremlins)

Ode To Joy – Michael Kamen (Die Hard)

Suite – Dimitri Tiomkin (It’s A Wonderful Life)

Snow – Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Trudy Stevens, Peggy Lee (White Christmas)

Hey, Santa Claus – The Moonglows (Christmas Vacation)

Pennies From Heaven – Louis Prima (Elf)

Deck The Halls – Boots Randolph (Bad Santa)

Lonely Christmas Eve – Ben Folds (How The Grinch Stole Christmas)

Sleigh Ride – Darlene Love & The Brian Setzer Orchestra (Jingle All The Way)

Christmas All Over Again – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (Four Christmases)

Christmas Is All Around – Billy Mack (Love, Actually)

It started with a joke I’d been telling friends for the previous ten years. I figured if I didn’t tell it here, I’d never tell it anywhere. And from there… it just grew. Characters introduced themselves to me. I didn’t feel I was writing them. They came to me as fully formed individuals. With things to say. So many things to say.

On January 25th, 2008 I was introduced to a purple pygmy panda bear. On April 11th, I found put his name was Pinder. We became fast friends and he has lived in my head ever since.

Ten years later, my output has slowed. And I haven’t been to a comic book convention in a while. I know I don’t tend to the strip like I should. But it is still a fertile garden where my every dream can grow.

Thank you all for reading.