The Spirits of Christmas

12-4-13-Bearman-Cartoons-The-Spirits-of-ChristmasSure in a Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three Spirits/Ghosts.  What if the spirits that were foretold by his deceased partner Jacob Marley turned out to be alcohol?  May you all have a very spirited Christmas (or whatever you celebrate).

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53 responses to “The Spirits of Christmas”

  1. Binky Avatar

    May the spirits of Christmas be with you!

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  2. Michael corley Avatar

    Something tells me Scrooge had more than three sprit visitations.

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      Well he did start having hallucinations.

  3. lisleman Avatar

    Ha – I never thought of those spirits. Very powerful spirits, they made the room spin for me once. Ok maybe more than once.

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      But did your life flash before your eyes?

  4. Julian Avatar

    Hahaha. This kind of spirit makes for a happier Scrooge!

    Merry Christmas Bearman 🙂

  5. Tim Green Avatar

    The spirits of Jack, Jim and Jose!

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      They will all leave you with the runs

  6. Bill Murphy Avatar

    May your belly be full of Christmas spirit all year long! 😀

  7. David Hurley Avatar

    Here’s to a Merry Christmas to you, bearman!

  8. Comedy Plus Avatar

    Bwahahahahahahaha. Works for me.

    Have a fabulous day and a Christmas filled with your choice of spirits. 🙂

  9. Jack of Gulls Comic Avatar

    Too much and you’ll be bowing to the toilet spirit.

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      That is called praying to the porcelain gods

  10. C. Glen Williams Avatar

    Absinthe hadn’t been outlawed yet in Victorian England, and was probably the most plentiful and cheapest spirit on the market aside from fortified wines. Of course, it would be obvious if we had the missing chapter where Dickens writes about Scrooge moving to the English countryside and becoming an impressionist painter….

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      I shudder to think what it was made from.

  11. Rachael C. Black Avatar

    Oh I miss the spirits of any holiday! Luckily there are the memories. Not to mention the joy in waking up Christmas morning without a champagne hangover. There’s nothing amusing about chopping onions, clattering about with pans and preparing raw turkey to get those juices flowing. And by juices I mean bile.

    May you have a fabulous holiday Bearman! Your strip has brought many smiles and food for thought throughout the year.
    ~MUAH!~

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      Thanks Rach. You had me until BILE!!! haha

  12. duncanr Avatar

    Health and happiness to you and yours, Bearman

  13. Tony McGurk Avatar

    Xmas past becomes xmas pissed

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      Which has different meanings in different parts of the world haha

  14. Dave Avatar

    If it would had been alcohol I wouldn’t have needed to watch it because that would be more like a reality tv series of my life growing up 😉

      1. Dave Avatar

        It’s gotten better and not just because I live 5000 miles away now 🙂

  15. Faythe @GrammyMouseTails Avatar

    I think old Scrooge was full of sprints when he felt visited , LOL! The past would be the most sad, just empty.
    Fun ‘toon, Bearman!

  16. Tom Falco Avatar

    Those Spirits. Ain’t Christmas without ’em.

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      They should visit yearly

  17. G.B. Miller Avatar

    Certainly would put a nice modern twist on the Charles Dicken’s classic. 😀

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      Probably more attune to the times

  18. Chris Simonite Avatar

    I’m sure there are a LOT of Ebeneezer’s who are visited by those kind of spirits every year! Maybe even everday!

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      Some aren’t so scroogy with their liquor

  19. Gruhn Avatar

    Ha! I think it makes a lot more sense now. Maybe a remake would show a stash of bottles in his flat.

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      Why do you think he only lived in one room of that massive house.

  20. Joseph Avatar

    Spirits are great anytime of the year! Merry Christmas, Mr. Bearman! :O)

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      Thanks Joseph…you too

  21. Deb Avatar

    That’s funny, Bearman

  22. Tyler Avatar

    Maybe Jack Sparrow is a spirit of Christmas past. “Why is the rum always gone”

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      He would be a likely suspect.

  23. catskillblogger Avatar

    Probably makes for a more interesting story.

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      albeit much shorter

  24. Marcia/Blogitudes Avatar

    I know some Scrooge’s and you just gave me a great idea. Gonna buy them all a bottle! Thanks Bearman! 😀

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      That’s what I am here for. Thanks for stopping by Marcia

  25. DadaHyena Avatar

    Looks like Christmas Future involves puking all morning December 26th!

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      Just like growing up.

  26. George Ford Avatar

    Hey, all I want are Spirits and Christmas Presents. 😀

    1. Bearman Cartoons Avatar

      Then you are good to go