It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Zombies!: A Book of Zombie Christmas Carols

The holidays are a time for merriment and getting together with family and friends to celebrate and share. Part of the holidays has always included caroling, at least for some people. My husband and I love to sing, though we don't sing well, but we like to make up lyrics from time to time. It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Zombies: A Book of Zombie Christmas Carols by Michael P. Spradlin and illustrated by Jeff Weigel is the perfect collection of remastered Christmas Carols to liven up the holidays. There's even an introduction by the witty and dark humored Christopher Moore. First, can you tell what classic novel this line's beginning resembles? "It is universally acknowledged that there are very few literarypursuits which cannot be improved with the addition of zombies, which are to the written word as cheesy goldfish crackers are to life in general; those little cheesy goldfish crackers also improve nearly everything." (Page VII) Christopher Moore certainly has a unique perspective on literature and how it can be improved, but in the case of the zombie Christmas carol book, he may be correct. Spradlin's lines are well placed and maintain the rhythm of the original carols. Family members young and old will love to sing to these revised songs -- from It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, I mean, It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Zombies to Deck the Halls With Boughs of Holly, oops I mean, Deck the Halls With Parts of Wally. Zombie, the Snowman (Page 39) Zombie the Snowman was a jolly, happy ghoul, With a corncob pipe and some boy's nose And two eyes he got at school. Zombie the Snowman is a fairy tale, they say; He was undead, it's so, But the children know how he came back to life one day. There must have been a virus in That old silk hat they found, For when they placed it on his head, He began to dance around. Oh, Zombie the Snowman was alive as he could be, And the children say he ate brains all day, And they ran from that Zombie. Thumpety, thump thump, Thumpety, thump thump, Look at Zombie go. Thumpety, thump thump, Thumpety, thump thump, Over the hills of snow. Zombie the Snowman knew the brains were fresh that day, So he said, "Please run, because it's lots more fun when I eat your brain that way." Down through the village with a femur in his hand, Running here and there all around the square, Sayin', "Decapitate me if you can!" He chased them through the streets of town And at a traffic cop, And he barely paused a moment when he heard the cop's brain pop! Zombie the Snowman Had to hurry on his way, But he waved good-bye, sayin', "Please do cry, I'll eat your brains someday!" At a short 81 pages, It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Zombies: A Book of Zombie Christmas Carols is a fun read and will have you giggling and guffawing and singing. Chock full of gruesome and surreal drawings of zombies in Santa Claus suits and other holiday outfits are eye-catching, and add additional verve to the carols. This hum

I bought this book a few weeks back and its pretty funny. It is unfortunate because I had run a D & D character over a year ago that was based on singing undead related songs that were just parodies of Christmas music. O the timing is always off

I would give this book five stars simply for Jeff Weigel's black-and-white illustrations. There's a zombified Elvis, Norman Rockwell family, Griswold, Nutcracker, Frosty, and Tiny Tim. What really seals the deal is the zombie using his own intestines to decorate the Christmas tree. The zombie Christmas carols by Michael P. Spradlin occasionally sparkle, but there are only so many brain-eating jokes that one can take (even at a slim 81 pages). Still, it's hard to resist such wonderful titles as "We Three Spleens" and "Good King Wenceslas Tastes Great."

...then you owe it to yourself to buy this book. What could be better than the Yuletide season and the Un-dead? I mean, mistletoe is red and so is blood. Chestnuts pop on an open fire and so do eyeballs. I hope to go carolling this year with THESE songs :)

This is an awesome book for a good laugh and would be a great stocking stuffer!