The Christmas Pageant

With Christmas swiftly approaching, Reverend Chapel is keen to raise money for Miyamae General Hospital. Knowing that two of his parishioners are members of The Fabulous Five, the good minister asks Sarah and Anna if they can throw a charity performance on December 24. Both girls agree that the event is worth staging and promise to discuss the idea with their dance company.

Following a prolonged discussion, Karen suggests that they dress up in nurses' uniforms to surprise the elderly patients. More debate follows, but eventually, all of them assent to wearing candy-striper outfits with white panties and black stockings underneath. Taking their cue from a famous British comedy series, they will "shock" the audience with an impromptu cancan (ala The Benny Hill Show). 

 

A few days later, Karen and Sarah go to visit local celebrity Mia Szorkova, asking her to put in an appearance. This naturally requires a considerable degree of persuasion, as Mia is lead singer of rival pop band MIASMA. Under normal circumstances, the two groups would never work together, but given the charitable nature of the enterprise, Mia agrees that she and The MIASMAS will contribute their skills, albeit wearing different costumes.

Meanwhile, Lily and Ava contact Leona Alvarez (chief choreographer for GirlFest) to ask if she can help out with the Pageant. Upon hearing their plans, Leona suggests that she and her troupe could dress in French Maid uniforms, serving food and drinks before launching into a third rendition of the cancan (ala The Two Ronnies Christmas Special). This is exceptionally good news: now there will be three dance groups performing at the Show. Together, they'll raise a small fortune and give the old folk a Christmas present they'll never forget...

 

Love those frilly panties!

Artwork by Tisa. Click these links for the animated videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-pKWp9vB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g78FKi_PEL4

Spanish Comics: Anita Diminuta

Anita Diminuta was a Spanish comic strip featuring the adventures of a blond orphan girl and her talking bear, Mateo. Like many comics targeting young girls, Anita's storylines often revolved around fantasy and magic, featuring fairy-tale antagonists such as witches, wizards, goblins and trolls.

Anita Diminutaは、ブロンドの孤児の少女と彼女のしゃべるクマ、マテオの冒険をフィーチャーしたスペインの漫画でした。若い女の子を対象とした多くの漫画と同様に、アニタのストーリーラインはしばしばファンタジーと魔法を中心に展開し、魔女、魔法使い、ゴブリン、トロールなどのおとぎ話の敵を取り上げています

The stories were beautifully illustrated in a quasi-realistic style unusual for the time (1940s-1960s), and seemed to draw inspiration from popular children's books such as Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz, Grimm's Fairy Tales and the stories of Hans Christian Anderson.

物語は、当時（1940年代〜1960年代）には珍しい準現実的なスタイルで美しく描かれていました。影響には、不思議の国のアリス、オズの魔法使い、グリムのおとぎ話、ハンス・クリスチャン・アンダーソンの物語が含まれます。