One story involved a man who disposed of his dead pet goat by standing it up, frozen by the winter cold, in the middle a manger scene.

The book, released on November 7, also recycles some stories from the author’s newspaper career, after changing them almost beyond recognition. “I wanted the book to have a Christmas feel to it, but I also wanted it to have a real-world ‘60s feel,” Barry said in an interview. ISBN13: 9780399154133 The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog by Dave Barry See Customer Reviews Select Format Hardcover 4.19 - 4.79 Paperback 3.99 - 4.79 Audio CD - Select Condition Like New 4.79 Very Good 4.69 Good 4.19 Acceptable - New Unavailable See All 4 Editions from 3. There is even a mention of Fabian, the pre-Beatles teen idol. There are also liberal dollops of early 1960s nostalgia such as the Sputnik, the twist and Oldsmobile station wagons.

REUTERS/Miami Herald/HandoutĪ “manger war” between neighborhood churches a wise man with a rubber cigar red ants stinging children in a station wagon a “Betsy Wetsy Jesus” and a near-fatal pile of frozen bat dung are a few of the ornaments Barry has strung through his latest book, “The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog.”īarry’s fictional pseudo-memoir skewers his own childhood memories of going to school and performing as a shepherd or a wise man in the church Christmas pageant. Barry's first Christmas book - a fictional pseudo-memoir, released November 7, 2006, skewers his own childhood memories of going to school and performing as a shepherd or a wise man in the church Christmas pageant. Humorist Dave Barry is pictured in this undated handout photograph.

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