Christmas With the Dead: Joe R. Lansdale: Story: Movie

Christmas With the Dead is an imaginative zombie story using the crisis of the flesh eating monsters to fuse Clive's remorse that he had to kill his wife and daughter on Christmas Eve because they had become zombies. He determines to have  a real Christmas this year, after two years of survival mode. This is his way of remembering his family.

He takes off to gather the Christmas decorations and some gas and meets G.M. a survivor and tells him his tale of woe. The action turns rough as they fight the zombies and attempt to get decorations up for Christmas in July. It takes place in Mud Creek of East Texas.

It was originally written as a short story (25 pages) by Joe R. Lansdale and published by P. S. Publishing in 2010. He has written more than 30 novels and has received many awards including the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award. The story was illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne.

In 2012 it was adapted for film and went to the film festival circuit. It's a dark comedy B-movie that stars Damian Maffei, and Kasey Lansdale.


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Christmas Paintings: Yuletide Paintings: Famous

The Christmas season is approaching; it seems appropriate to discuss Christmas paintings. Most Christmas paintings depict the manger scene though the Magi journeying to see Jesus or presenting their gifts to him is another popular scene.

Some of the well-known artists that painted a Nativity painting are Giotto, Michelangelo, Rubens, Daddi, and da Vinci.

The Nativity has been represented in panel paintings, stained glass windows, murals, and illuminated manuscripts.

Depictions of  the Nativity are dated from about 354 A.D. These representations are carved into stone sarcophagus found in Southern Gaul and Rome. Albeit not paintings, but pictorials none-the-less. The early followers of Christ buried their departed in the catacombs where they painted vault paintings showing the first Adoration of the Magi scenes.

Christmas: Nativity Video: Icons

I hope you enjoy this nativity video of traditional Christmas art.