Today’s classic Peanuts and Calvin and Hobbes strips are perfect examples of what makes each one special.   In the classic Peanuts strip, Charlie Brown starts off as quite the optimist: the new year will be his “year of decision.”  Then Lucy enters the picture with her own take on the coming year.

Ah, the drama.  A new year will have enough of that as it is, Lucy.  It can be difficult for us, of course, to remember that ourselves.

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