Naughty or Nice?

I ran all my weakest strips over the holidays in the hope that people wouldn't notice the sudden decline in quality because they were busy indulging in rampant consumerism or moping around with their dysfunctional families. I had several strips that I had held back for various reasons and decided to sneak in. However my web stats indicate that hits on the website actually went up during that time period! It's rookie mistakes like this that have clearly impacted my potential to get nominated for a Weblogs Award. This years nominations were announced today. I think Medium-Large deserves it most.