Some Day in the Holidays - 2:40 p.m.

Presents

The fact is, Nesbitt didn’t get the Komatsu that he wanted for Christmas. Instead of the outrage and tantrums that were expected, he seemed quite unfussed by the whole thing. Teddy gave Nesbitt a bright, shiny piece of silver paper for Christmas and he played with it for hours, admiring the way the light played across its surface, dancing prisms and all. Teddy, meanwhile, got a nice bird book, The Readers Digest Book of Australian Birds and has been spending his time in the backyard observing his new friends, in particular, the Black Faced Cukoo-Shrike, The Noisy Miner, The Crested Pigeon and others. Mr. Oaf received a lovely jacket from Teddy, Nesbitt and Bim in the wainscoting style, a handy fashion item that makes the otherwise rotund and shambling Oaf look very smart. In a shock move, Mrs. Oaf got some lovely books, including a volume on Teddy’s exploits called Dead Reckoning, a series of true-life adventures in the ice, up mountains, down rivers and in the air. It’s also handsomely illustrated, many in colour.

Bear In Baby Jesus Mix-up

Keeping in with the whole Christmas theme, a nativity scene was created using various TEZNEZCO! employees and friends to play assorted wise men, shepherds, Kings of Orient Are with Penguin and Teddy in lead roles as Mary and Joseph (respectfully). Nesbitt played the starring role as The Baby Jesus, a part he took on with great gusto and, since all he had to do was lay in the manger and look cute, it was a character that he could convincingly portray. Unfortunately, the role went to his head, and soon Nesbitt was asking people to call him Our Lord and Savior. To humour him and keep him in a good mood (brought on by the piece of silver paper) we all agreed and Nesbitt lay there for days with a little furry halo about his head. It was only the arrival of Romy Hutak, two year old nipper and Top Baby, that things started turning… messianic. Mr. Oaf told Romy that Nesbitt was the Baby Jesus and soon the small bear with big ideas was being carried around the TEZNEZCO! offices on Romy’s head. When mother of Romy, Jodi, asked her who the bear was, Romy confidently announced “He’s the baby Jesus!”. Next thing you know, Nesbitt was trying to walk on water, turn water into wine and divide fishes and loaves proportionally. It was also a shock to discover that Walter The Out There Bear was second in line in this new version of the story of Christ. We’d all assumed Teddy would be Saint Peter, but it seems Walter is the number two Bear in the new order. What was all the more shocking is that The Baby Jesus and Walter are more than just good friends, they are on a kissing relationship. Romy demonstrated that Jesus and Walter go “kiss, kiss, kiss”.

New Slogan for 2003 Announced

Teddy has been extremely excited by his new slogan for 2003. It’s a good one and we’re all pretty proud of it:

YOU GOTTA BE FREE IN 2003

Like it? We love it.

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