The Zombie Night Before Christmas

by H. Parker Kelley, Clement Clarke Moore (creator), Dominic Mylroie

Why worry about the Grinch when you've got ZOMBIES on the attack Their prey? America's best-loved Christmas poem. Get ready to have a holly jolly zombie holiday with this monstrously funny mash-up that subverts all that tiresomely good Christmas cheer. Clement C. Moore's verses are tweaked and twisted, turning a once-cozy fireside read-aloud on its (now brainless) head. To complete the sacrilege: hilarious renderings of zombie stockings (undead legs ) hung by the chimney with care, and St. Nick attempting to repel a full-out, flesh-devouring zombie attack. One thing's for sure--Santa and his eight tiny reindeer will never be the same

Genres: Zombies, Christmas, Humor, Horror, Fiction, Picture Books, Holiday

48 pages, Hardcover

First published August 31, 2010

Reviews

[Christopher Hicks · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a super funny, but disturbing with gross version of the night before Christmas.

[Shea · Rating 3 out of 5]

it was interesting

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reading challenge category - 2024 Hoffbensen: "I'm Breaking/Broken" - Something broken on the cover (broken skin...eww)

Borrowed from the work library - I have to wonder who the target audience is for this 🤣 The zombie version of "A Visit from St. Nicholas." While I enjoyed it, I could see the illustrations being frightening for some kids.

[Brandon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Strictly for the ART!!

[Kitty · Rating 5 out of 5]

The illustrations make this so clever and hilarious. The stockings at the end. I just couldn’t keep from chuckling.

[Lisa Williams · Rating 1 out of 5]

Unoriginal, not funny, and very lame.

[McKenna Deem · Rating 1 out of 5]

That was definitely a book.

[Madeline · Rating 3 out of 5]

Relatively clever! Some really fantastic lines (my favorite being "When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from the dead to see what was the matter."), but there were a few that didn't make much sense. Like they couldn't think of a good enough line so instead they just changed a few words around and hoped for the best.

The style of the pictures were a little odd, but were so gory and gross and fun!! A disgustingly good read. ;)

[Jared Scallions · Rating 3 out of 5]

Zombies have been exploited in all forms of media lately, but I do love them. An old Christmas classic re-written to be about zombies is not really that clever and the artwork could have been better. It took all of ten minutes to read. So I can't complain too much. As dumb as I think it is, I still found it to be kind of fun.

[Jodie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this one, it was quirky and the illustrations were pretty cool. I love when someone does a twist on a classic and adding zombies to a classic generally makes it epic! Happy Holidays.

[Dana Wright · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was decidedly gory, but hey, it's a zombie Christmas story! A great twist on an old classic.

[Tracy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Twisted & hilarious.

[Mel · Rating 4 out of 5]

zombies are the best!

[Bella · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one the the best Christmas books I have ever read! The illustrations are very well done and the story is fun to read.

[melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

A frighteningly cute read. I've definitely envisioned zombie attacks upon those wanting to start preparing for Xmess prior to Halloween even being over.

[Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

A deadly retelling - but what makes this are the illustrations.

[Melissa Farmer · Rating 5 out of 5]

one I plan to read every Christmas

[Brian · Rating 2 out of 5]

I guess it was only a matter of time before someone did this.