Review: An Uplifting Tale of Christmas Generosity, in a Time When Helping Others is a Real Challenge
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 19, 2012
Set in the aftermath of a zombie uprising, this uplifting tale focuses more on the human side of the epidemic than clashes with zombie, although there are still some, the story starts off with one needing to be dropped after it picked up and was dragging off Rudolph from a man's lawn display.  That man's name is Mike and he's determined not to let Christmas go by without being celebrated as much as can be.  He knows most people don't see that as a priority, but to him it is, for his own reasons.  Not content to just do what he can on his own property, he's determined that Santa will visit the child survivors and deliver them each a present on Christmas day. Of course with the masses of undead corpses walking around just waiting to take a bite, that's not going to an easy if possible at all task.This twenty minute or so short story is well written, and in such a short time you really got into Mike's head and liked him as a character.  There's quite a few zombie themed Christmas tales out there, this is one of the better ones. From the cover it is obviously self-published, but don't be put off by that, this could easily appear in a physical book collection of multiple author Zombie themed short stories, anchored by a big name author or two, and would be one of the better tales in that collection.