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Dec. 27th, 2007 | 04:40 pm

I decided to chronicle Christmas at home a while back, not entirely, just whatever hit me to make comics about.

It turns out I made quite a few. It also turns out my family is entirely insane, but I like it that way. PLUS I've been here for just over a week and between you and me, my accent is nuts. I say things even I don't understand!

Anyway, in case you were uninformed, Christmas in Cape Breton means three things:
-Family
-Church
-Drinking

And lots of all three. Here we go!







My house is heated by a wood stove in the kitchen


The dog is scared of everything that moves


I learn to appreciate them the worse they get every year


mom, seriously.












Campbell is my mother's maiden name so we consider ourselves Campbells as well as Beatons.


This is hilarious.






Pardon me while I get introspective.


Mom, SERIOUSLY


Sometimes Laureen opens her mouth and the most hilarious filth comes out







Merry Christmas, everybody!!






 

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mordicai magog, to caeli therion.

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from: [info]mordicai
date: Dec. 27th, 2007 09:13 pm (UTC)
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more broken html (or ljtml) joy!

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mordicai magog, to caeli therion.

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from: [info]mordicai
date: Dec. 27th, 2007 09:23 pm (UTC)
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still, fun. i don't have bios, but my fiancee & i get together with a coupe of friends & have a whole extravagant thing of our own.

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Knasty Mike

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from: [info]knastymike
date: Dec. 27th, 2007 09:18 pm (UTC)
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Oh my freakin' gord, this is the best Christmas Special ever! I love the one with the baby doll the best.

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Hark! A Vagrant

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from: [info]beatonna
date: Dec. 28th, 2007 12:38 am (UTC)
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it was pretty funny when it happened too

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Will

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from: [info]wsreaves
date: Dec. 27th, 2007 09:18 pm (UTC)
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These brought me joy on a gray afternoon. :)

(Also, I think I have a crush on your comic self. :x)

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Hark! A Vagrant

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from: [info]beatonna
date: Dec. 28th, 2007 12:39 am (UTC)
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that's good, my real self is a tedious bore

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L C

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from: [info]spinolio
date: Dec. 27th, 2007 09:21 pm (UTC)
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we do the same thing back in the falls with christmas lights
not a fan of the heights

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song dog

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from: [info]waitforx
date: Dec. 27th, 2007 09:22 pm (UTC)
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that was really nice.

thank you.

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Hark! A Vagrant

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from: [info]beatonna
date: Dec. 28th, 2007 12:39 am (UTC)
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(no problem!)

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Rufus

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from: [info]highway_kind
date: Dec. 27th, 2007 09:22 pm (UTC)
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wow i had a right shitty day until i read this. made me laugh right out loud. id almost say i like your autobiographical stuff more than the dorky historical stuff (but i love both i confess). well anyway merry christmas and a happy new years to you. and if you ever decide to write a graphic novel ill def read it. (also id try to option the rights to make a film out of it but thats a whole other story).

peace

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Hark! A Vagrant

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from: [info]beatonna
date: Dec. 28th, 2007 12:40 am (UTC)
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that movie would be awful

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wombat_socho

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from: [info]wombat_socho
date: Dec. 27th, 2007 09:29 pm (UTC)
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:3

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Arinn

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from: [info]soundingsky
date: Dec. 28th, 2007 02:35 am (UTC)
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i am trying to bring that emoticon into vogue but people keep asking me to explain it.

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subweird

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from: [info]subweird
date: Dec. 27th, 2007 09:34 pm (UTC)
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That made my day.

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Benjamin

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from: [info]exposed_innards
date: Dec. 27th, 2007 09:36 pm (UTC)
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Sixth and third from the bottom are my favourite purely for the way you draw facial expressions :) how I envy your skills.

Bravo.

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Phil McAndrew

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from: [info]heroprotagonist
date: Dec. 27th, 2007 09:53 pm (UTC)
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Holy smokes, this is all WONDERFUL, Katy Beaton!

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Hark! A Vagrant

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from: [info]beatonna
date: Dec. 28th, 2007 04:43 am (UTC)
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thank you, Phil!

ps, post some more comics and stuff will you jeez

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That's a good question!

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from: [info]whoisrivetgirl
date: Dec. 27th, 2007 10:05 pm (UTC)
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I'm completely enthralled. The comic of your sister and the babydoll is amazing, and I would buy a t-shirt of the last panel. XD

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Roadrunner Twice

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from: [info]2ce
date: Dec. 27th, 2007 10:20 pm (UTC)
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That was fantastic. Damn.

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tekende

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from: [info]tekende
date: Dec. 27th, 2007 10:24 pm (UTC)
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These are fantastic! Especially the one with you and your dad on the hill; that one is beautiful.

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Hark! A Vagrant

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from: [info]beatonna
date: Dec. 28th, 2007 12:41 am (UTC)
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dad says to that one "och yes"

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walk, walk, prufrock baby

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from: [info]introductory
date: Dec. 27th, 2007 10:53 pm (UTC)
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A merry Christmas to you, too! Your family seems awesome and amazing. :D

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Hark! A Vagrant

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from: [info]beatonna
date: Dec. 28th, 2007 12:41 am (UTC)
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and ridiculous

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from: [info]mmmpiemmm
date: Dec. 27th, 2007 10:54 pm (UTC)
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ahh i completely relate to mother's and terrible christmas music cds. i made the mistake of giving my mom the josh groban cd early and it's been on repeat since the 16th of december. i'm afraid she'll never turn it off. never.

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Hark! A Vagrant

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from: [info]beatonna
date: Dec. 28th, 2007 12:41 am (UTC)
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ohh nooo

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Jimmy Freeman

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from: [info]squigglycomics
date: Dec. 27th, 2007 10:56 pm (UTC)
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I love these! :D

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Erin

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from: [info]puhnkroxie
date: Dec. 27th, 2007 11:17 pm (UTC)
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oh. my. good. gravy.


i giggled to myself through the WHOLE thing! i am so happy to have you as a lj friend, you make me smile! also, your family is awesome...your sisters are like a triple dose of my little sister! seriously. you've GOT to be a cousin far removed or SOMETHING.


one question...it's not obvious to me b/c i'm just an observer...but why do you live as far away as you do, if you hate it so much? did you go to school there and just never got out of the area? do you enjoy your job enough that you're okay with living there?.....so that was more than one question, but they all relate to the same thing. you don't have to answer if it's too personal, i understand! it is the internets, after all. :)

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Hark! A Vagrant

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from: [info]beatonna
date: Dec. 28th, 2007 12:33 am (UTC)
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hey!

It's common for people where I am from to head out to Alberta to work in the oil fields because of the lack of jobs in our own area. In my case, I have a big student loan to pay off, so I followed suit. I don't like it there, but it's not forever, and I hate owing so much money in loans more.

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Jonathan

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from: [info]walrusbrown
date: Dec. 27th, 2007 11:22 pm (UTC)
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Oh man these are great.

The catholicism and drinking reminds me of my family christmas.

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Hark! A Vagrant

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from: [info]beatonna
date: Dec. 28th, 2007 12:42 am (UTC)
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they really go together nicely

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Bex

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from: [info]kalibex
date: Dec. 27th, 2007 11:29 pm (UTC)
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Thanks, that was fun!

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Thom May

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from: [info]pihakwom
date: Dec. 27th, 2007 11:44 pm (UTC)
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Yes! Excellence.

Also, I have never been hung-over for xmas until this year, what is going on.

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strammermax

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from: [info]strammermax
date: Dec. 28th, 2007 12:02 am (UTC)
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we love you kate beaton

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Hark! A Vagrant

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from: [info]beatonna
date: Dec. 28th, 2007 01:25 am (UTC)
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i love you!

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hughtron

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from: [info]hughtron
date: Dec. 28th, 2007 12:47 am (UTC)
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These are fantastic and funny and even a little poignant. Your body language and facial expressions are especially great.

Uh, merry christmas?

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Hark! A Vagrant

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from: [info]beatonna
date: Dec. 28th, 2007 01:24 am (UTC)
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hey man I got a few fart jokes in there.

Merry Christmas!

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Ryan Pequin

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from: [info]ryanpeq
date: Dec. 28th, 2007 12:51 am (UTC)
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beautiful as usual. there is nothing quite so loving as telling a sibling that you're going to fart and shit all over them.

also i completely relate to the comic about not recognizing your baby cousin as I have about 500 cousins of my own all with entirely unrecognizable children. i feel bad, but that is simply too many names.

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Hark! A Vagrant

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from: [info]beatonna
date: Dec. 28th, 2007 01:23 am (UTC)
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mom was pretty furious. "What have I raised!" and the like.

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Mei

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from: [info]tiny_vice
date: Dec. 28th, 2007 12:52 am (UTC)
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"Mom Got a New Thing" is ace.

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liexile

Merry Christmas

from: [info]liexile
date: Dec. 28th, 2007 01:25 am (UTC)
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Beautiful job, Kate. Your love for your family really shines through. I wanted to comment so I even opened one of these Livejournal thingies. Your skills are growing exponentially and I feel lucky I've been seeing it from near the beginning. Thank you, and Merry Christmas. I hope to do a pub crawl with you at some point in the future. Drinks are on me. - Dennis on the prairie

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Hark! A Vagrant

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from: [info]beatonna
date: Dec. 28th, 2007 04:46 am (UTC)
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oh my! thanks Dennis! I guess by the beginning you mean back from October, so I think anyone who read the crap I put in my university paper has you beat (but not by much)

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