"A heron delivering a baby in a basket tucked up beneath its tail feathers? Wildly unconventional, but then the world has gone to hell." (Photo by Stephanie J.)

"Uh-ho, another illegal alien!" (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"Look, Cousin LuLu! That big bird's about to drop off a little baby."/"The government says it's a weather balloon, sweetie -- a WEATHER BALLOON!" (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"Dear Aunt Emily, Thank you for your weird but awesome Christmas present. No, I sure don't have anything else quite like it. Hope you had a Merry Christmas. PS: Do you never just send checks?" (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"So this reindeer -- her name was Doe -- she says....she's leaving my apartment and she says: 'I'll never do that again for a buck!'" (Cartoon by A.G. Oscard)

Karma catches up with a stuffed toy~ (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

Merry Christmas from LuLu's Desperate House Dogs, poochies~" (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"Every holiday season we are forced to accept the good along with the bad..the pits along with the plums...the plastic along with the rawhide..." (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"I met a rapacious retriever at a bar called the Unearthed Hare; I wound up getting tattooed, altered, and finally tethered to a bunch of dwarf reindeer who were pulling a sleigh for a crazy old geezer who liked to dive-bomb trucks on the freeway and rip the tiles off rooftops with his runners. Oogin' adventure, mon!" (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"Under COMMENTS is a sweet Christmas story you're sure to appreciate." (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"Hmmpf! I much prefer Aesop's tale of the dog in the manger." (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"Zarex, you perfidious pussy, this is Vartag. I'm spending the holidays in Florida with Captain Amoreda." (Photo by Stephanie J.)

"What the mistletoe? I thought he'd put down roots!" (Photo by Stephanie J.)