Comic #3801: holidays

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Panel 1:

• Child: "DADDY, I LOVE YOU."
• Father: "WHOA, WHOA, HOLD UP."
• Father: "I HAVE TEMPORALLY CANALIZED ALL OF MY EMOTIONS, YOUNG LADY."

Panel 2:

• Father: "THAT’S THE WHOLE REASON WE HAVE HOLIDAYS! ON VALENTINE’S, I FEEL ROMANTIC LOVE. ON EASTER, SPIRITUALITY. ON THANKSGIVING, FAMILY TOGETHERNESS. ON CHRISTMAS, NOSTALGIA. ALL OTHER DAYS ARE KEPT EFFICIENTLY DEVOID OF HUMAN FEELING."

Panel 3:

• Father: "TODAY IS JULY 29. NOTHING CAN OR WILL COMPEL ME TO AN EMOTIONAL RESPONSE ON JULY 29!"
• Father: "IT’S MY BIRTHDAY."

Panel 4:

• Child: "OOH! THERE GOES GUILT."

This comic playfully explores the father's rigid schedule of emotional responses tied to holidays, while humorously dismissing the significance of his birthday.