I apologize for this being a few days late to be considered an actual Christmas review, but you know how life gets around the holidays. And hey, at least I’m getting this out during the weird holiday taint week. Can the holidays be funny, was the question I asked myself after seeing this arrive in the mail. Normally I’d think that the subject has been satirized to death by now, but then again I’d never seen Brandon take a crack at it. This one starts off with a Christmas song (with lyrics), so gather the family around the fire and give it a go! Next we get a mysterious tale of a secret Santa who keeps sending a single egg to their chosen person throughout the holidays, until we get the dramatic reveal at the end. Next we see the moments where the Home Alone bandits question their life choices before going into that McCallister house and have time to briefly ponder what might have been. I’m not even going to tell you what the next two stories are about (other than to tell you that Rudolph is a human this time around and Santana shows up for the holiday), because I believe in surprises for Christmas. Oh, and Meat Santa to wrap things up, another unopened present for you. Still, the bulk of this book is a Christmas Carol parody. You may think, like I did, that parodying that particular story has been done to death and that there’s no hidden sources of humor left in it. Again, you haven’t seen Brandon’s take yet. Scrooge has never been humbuggier, Tiny Tim has never been tinier, the ghosts have never been more downsized, and the true effects of Scrooge’s change of heart on a larger scale have never been more clearly and depressingly explained. Brandon’s single panel per page style makes using a sample image tricky for me (oh, the troubles I have), but he asks the important questions, so I had to include the question that’s been bothering historians for over a century. This one is packed full of funny bits and I couldn’t recommend it more highly, ESPECIALLY if you read it during the actual holiday season. $25
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