Weird Christmas

Ah, the delights of Christmas Holiday carolers, beautifully wrapped packages, twinkling lights, and...a feast of caterpillars fried in oil?!? Welcome to Weird Christmas, a journey off the beaten path to the bizarre side of the world's favorite holiday, where, for every Christmas sugarplum there is a plate of lutefisk (that's cod soaked in lye—a Christmas favorite in Norway).

Joey Green is the author of thirty books, including How They Met, Polish Your Furniture with Panty Hose, You Know You’ve Reached Middle Age If..., and The Mad Scientist Handbook. A native of Miami, Florida, he is a former contributing editor to National Lampoon and a former advertising copywriter at J. Walter Thompson. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife two daughters.