"But wait, there's..."

rrgh...

You. Go to your room!

I liked it!

V.

*pout*

laughed myself silly Max...

Merry Christmas!

V.

Bad Christmas related pun = Thy name is  Dipper_Draper. :D I shall look forward to receiving this....Probably in February 2022 or afterwards.

Oh, I hope not...I hope sooner.

Try telling that to Royal Mail which has been paralysed by the Omicron variant of COVID-19. I doubt the card will arrive before Christmas that's for sure.

Latest numbers show only 12 deaths WORLDWIDE tied to Omicron.

Hospitalization rates on it are also below both Alpha and Delta.

This, honestly, is pure scaremongering for the sake of control.

Try telling that to her majesty's government. They basically love to flip-flop over tough decisions. First of all only the ones who need a booster can get one, now 'some' are insisting that everyone gets one, even though the WHO director general said that most healthy people just needed the two. So yeah the Conservatives are just more concerned about covering themselves in case of a public backlash it would seem. All the media also seem to care about are the high number of hospital admissions, but nothing really about deaths. The virus is likely going to continue to evolve to become more infectious but less deadly as time goes on, as it's only really trying to survive like any organism.

One thing is for sure though and that's Royal Mail is effected. I've been waiting for over a week for something to arrive from eBay and it hasn't arrived yet. We have had zero post from Royal Mail for several days now, so obviously a lot of their stuff must have been taken ill, not just from the usual aliments but from Omicron as well, as people are being told to self-isolate if they had come into contact with anyone else with the variant. Basically it's just slowing things down to a crawl on what is all ready one of the most busy times of year, more or less the busiest for mail services in general. I kid when I said it would be February, but at this rate it could be mid January before I see your card, as it takes about two weeks for mail to arrive to me from the States normally. But we'll see. Of course I'll let you know when I receive it. (Oh as I'm typing this I'm wearing one of your Beach Bear T-shirts).

I can't remember ever hearing of a virus that mutates this rapidly, in so many varieties. And usually just after we come up with a vaccine for it. Or point out that certain populations seem to be largely unaffected by it. Then whammo, a mutation that attacks the hitherto-safe group. And let's not forget how three weeks ago, there were, what, four people in the world with this new bug, and suddenly it's responsible for 85% of new cases?

And of course, white-tail deer also can get it. HOW?! I thought deer stands were pretty socially distant.

It almost reads like a bad sci-fi novel. Maybe that's why it's called the "novel" coronavirus.

It is weird, but that's the world we live in. One where the media wants to blow things out of proportion just to remain newsworthy.

I still recall some saying that cats can catch COVID, who knows, by the end of the decade any creature could catch it, but by then it may have mutated into something harmless.

This "novel" has yet to reach it's conclusion for sure. I also just looked up the word 'corona' on it's own on Microsoft Bing just for curiosity and wouldn't you know it, most of the results are for Coronavirus, rather then the astronomy phenonium that would have likely been the first result you saw back in 2019.

Flu does it all the time, actually, which is part of why you have to get a new flu shot every year.

But I thought it was a combination of four or five fairly settled strains, and each year they have to guess which three to put into the vaccine. It doesn't mutate in response to someone pointing out that "kids don't seem to get this" or "so far Africa has not been much affected by the virus," or the minute we develop a vaccine, a whole new and more virulent strain appears.

When I had the flu back in January 2020, it was Type A.

It is. Each strain mutates which is why they suddenly become more likely to spread.

merry christmas beach ebrs big staticybearmunk and tigeroala hugs from me frankensense gold and myrhh 3 of the rarest commodities of that time period it is near impossible to find the two incense and spice too a true treasure to behold

Both frankinsense and myrrh are products of rare trees which put out a highly fragrant gum. While you can find both today, they are usually artificial substitutes, much like wasabi.

Even back then they were rare, and only the richest of royalty could afford them, which is why they were given to the King of the Jews.

oh i knows i plan on growing some of my own in a personal greenhouse me im for rare foods n spices not the wackky tobaccy noperino one day i want to grow even rare cloudberries where i live its the perfect weather for them, and well king of all things he did give himself to save all life from eternal darkness for which im always grateful for and thankful for everyday, and hugs hope you have an awesome family christmas too

like wasabi?

Virtually all wasabi today, even in Japan, is a combination of horseradish and mustard with green food coloring.

Huh, I know the horseradish but didn't know the other stuff. What was it like before?

No idea. I think I've had real wasabi once, when I visited Japan, and they were making some at some garden festival.

It's just a variety of horseradish, anyway.

It's awesome but too strong for me that it's one of my disliked foods. Thanks for telling me.

*facepalms* Truly awful card. I LOVE IT!!!!!!

Any plans to put this card on the market ?

I would gladly but a box....or two...=^.^=

If you really wanted, I give you permission to take the image to FedEx Office or some other copy place to get them printed (talk to them. They do Christmas Cards all the time).

All I ask is that you credit Kresblain for the artwork, and me for the characters.

OR...if you like, I could send you some of mine. I got 100 printed.

Thanks ! If you have some extras already printed, I would like purchase a few.

Ha

I would love to say this to someone with your permission. I'll give credit where credit is due.

Feel free!!

Thank you. But wait, there's myrrh! I wanna say this is an adorably excellent card.