How murray saved christmas - Mike Reiss

From the Emmy Award(-winning writer for The Simpsons comes this hilarious sleeper, now in paperback.

When Santa is knocked out cold by a Jack-in-the-Box's walloping punch, deli owner Murray Kleiner takes his place.

Full color.

A hilarious Christmas story from an Emmy award-winning writer of The Simpsons When Santa's knocked out cold by a Jack-in-the-Boxer's walloping punch, deli owner Murray Kleiner reluctantly agrees to take his place.

The suit doesn't fit, Murray smells a bit like pickles, and there's no way he can remember the names of all those reindeer.

But with the help of a pushy elf and an eager-to-believe young boy, Murray finds out that even though he's not big enough to fill Santa's suit, he's got more than enough heart to get the job done.

* Reiss scores a bull's-eye with this hilarious debut.

Catrow's puckish watercolors are equal to Reiss's wit and lightning pace.

-- Publishers Weekly , starred review Finally, a Christmas book that lives up to its title --Matthew Groening, creator of The Simpsons.