Jeanie Bottle Christmas Special – Page 5
Dec26
on December 26, 2018
at 12:00 am
and modified on July 18, 2023. at 8:57 am
Chapter: Jeanie Bottle Holiday Special
Jeanie should update her knowledge of Santa. One of the Three Wise Men? Really?
Santa is for everyone you don’t have to be a different religion to celebrate in Santa he loves everyone.
Wait…in english they are the three “wise men”? That’s, well it makes sense, but it is a little lame, for us they are “los tres Reyes Magos” or, “the three wizard kings” which for me has always sound kind of badass… Also, fun fact, in Spain they are the ones giving the the gifts, not Santa, though, if Jeanie has any Spanish friends, that may justify her confusion!
Also, instead of asking what’s the problem (I mean, I guess Neil received a call from work and now has to go) I will ask, how is Jeanie going to fix the lack of Santa by herself?!
That is a good question!
Also, yes, we call them the Three Wise Men. I don’t know why the English-speaking world demoted them from wizard kings.
BTW Robert, the line on the third Panel, is about Santa Claus in general, or the Santa “Clause”? You know, in a world where a empty bottle can turn you into a genie, that a Santa suit can turn you into Santa doesn’t seem that crazy XD
I don’t think Neil is talking about an old Tim Allen movie. 🙂
Three Wizard Kings is the George Clooney-Peter Jackson mash-up movie I never knew I wanted until now.
English translations probably changed them from Magi/Wizard-Kings to Wise Men because of the whole anti-witchcraft thing that was in vogue up until the 18th century.
We also have the Reyes Magos in Latin America.
@Jake I know, I am from Venezuela in fact and use to get a bag of candies and chocolates in the día de reyes when I was a kid! I was refering as to how in Spain they skip the Santa part all toguether, and let the Kings make the gift part.
Well, they are also known in English as the Three Magi. From magus, the Latin word for a Zoroastrian priest, which is etymologically related to the word “magician”, in a similar fashion to “wizard”.
They were also traditionally known as the Three Kings, although there is no actual evidence that that was true in any sense.
“Wise men” is sort of the 20th-century translation, which has come into more common use, as belief in magic has gradually waned, and people searched for a term that emphasized their role as philosophers, rather than as practitioners of the occult.
@Carlos:
I think it’s pretty obvious that Jeannie could poof herself into a replica of Santa Claus that should be good enough to fool some kids for an hour or so.
But we don’t actually know what the phone call means yet.
Neil is on call because of that Martian probe.
@Tom:
Yes, but we don’t know that the phone call is related to that. Good guess, tho.
Can Jeanie take a male form? We know she had a lot of trouble taking a form that looks like herself, and I don’t think we’ve ever seen her take a form that isn’t female.
Maybe not, but, Jeanie can still do the big women thing though in a Red Suit with or without the fake beard on, but, it will fly. After all it is Christmas and it will do in a pinch for the kids.
Nya, in fact in Spain we have double ration of gifts. First comes Santa Claus on December 25 and then the wise men on January 6. It’s true that a long time ago only the wise men visited us, but I think it’s enough for me to tell you that when my mother was a child in the 70s she already received gifts from Santa Claus so you can see how much time has passed since then XD
Someone’s about to be bumped up from a pink helper to playing the “big red guy”…
Jean could be Mrs. Claus. “Santa has tummy trouble from all that milk and cookies.”
@Robert:
Panel 3: “CLAUSE” -> “claus” (“clause” is a term for a grammatical unit!)
Yeah, but Neil might be about to contractually become the big guy.
God, why did they make more than one of those movies?
Probably because the sequels were specified in the contract.
Oh crap, really? I don’t have any ability to fix that right now, because I’m on vacation. I didn’t realize that the Tim Allen movie actually spelled Santa’s last name differently.
I think the e was left of, because, it was like the Claus of a contract and not the name of a person called Clause with an e on it. The main elf, informs Tim Allen that that the Santa Claus, Claus for the next person to become Santa Claus in case of death of Santa Claus.
I didn’t see that detail before this.
They didn’t, it’s still Claus, the “clause” part was just a pun to make the whole plot of the Movie, but still, it serves for a few good laughts for this page. I try to tell you early, but wathever, it’s still fun XD
Panel 3 – Santa Claus, not Santa Clause. No final e.
Neil’s right, Santa Clause isn’t exclusive to Christians. People of any religion can enjoy that movie (I assume….though considering the Left Behind movies Kirk Cameron’s put out, he could have an issue…)
I think Neil might have to leave early cause the mars rover might need his help.
He’s getting a message to say that someone has crashed the Mars Rover?
It already down on the surface of Mars, so it not going to crash or anything like that. It more likely a software glitch that Neil is probably going to have to deal with to be able to maintain contact with Mars Rover or something like that. There probably running a skeleton crew during Christmas with Neil being the first senior member to be called encase of emergencies. After they call Neil, if he can’t resolve the issue, then they would be calling everybody else in to save the Martian Rover.
Shocking holes in her education. First, anything about genie-ing, and now Santa Claus!
Rodge would make a good Santa.
I’m pretty sure that Neil and Roge’s boss’ real name is Mr. Atnas. Maybe a cameo appearance.
Hope the guy’s from Big Bang didn’t wreak the rover again…lol
You mean the guys from Big Bang Theory? Or Big Bang herself?
We are about to see the “real” Santa appear to the great joy of all involved.
Whee!
Quick! They need a Mrs Claus stat!
In all honesty, Santa being one of the three wise men in this world would be one of the least surprising aspects of this comic over the years I’ve been reading.
Especially given that Santa Claus is traditionally supposed to be St. Nicholas of Myra, a 4th century bishop.
hope Jean won’t rule 63 him into a sexy female santa
You hoped she *wouldn’t* do that? How could you?? 😉
Only if they were the Three Wise Men of the Baltic.
Santa Claus is an American amalgamation of various European figures.
St. Nicholas is a pre-Catholic Christian saint, of course, and Kris Kringle is basically Jesus himself (it’s a bit confusing, and it’s not exactly Biblical), but the rest are mostly pagan. St. Nicholas (both the actual guy and the legendary figure) is a gift giver, but the main contributors to Santa’s look and mythos (living in the far north, using reindeer to get around, showing up around the winter solstice, his association with elves, etc.) are pagan characters from Nordic countries. After Europeans arrived in the New World, these figures gradually merged into one, and then Coca-Cola spread his story to the rest of the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbUVKXdu4lQ