Balladeer’s Blog’s Sixteenth Annual Christmas Carol-a-Thon continues with this new review.
A REDNECK CHRISTMAS CAROL (1997) – Written by John Yow & T. Stacy Helton and illustrated by David Boyd this is a reasonably funny adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Think of the type of jokes that Jeff Foxworthy was telling back when this book came out and you’ll know what to expect.
And speaking of Jeff Foxworthy, the illustrations for his You Might be a Redneck If … series of books had artwork from the same David Boyd who worked on this item. The redneck jokes in A Redneck Christmas Carol are not vicious and are told with a certain charm.
EUBIE SCROOD, the main character of this adaptation, owns and operates Eubie’s Bait and Tackle Shop near Lake Water Moccasin. Everyone in Sand Mountain, AL considers Scrood to be cheap and mean-spirited.
Scrood’s partner Jake Marley had died a few years earlier but one and all continued to patronize the bait and tackle shop because of its incredible inventory of goods over and above just bait, lures, lines and poles. The book tells us “you could get snuff, nickel hard-boiled eggs, beer, a muffler for a Ford pick-up (years ’82 to ’89), loaf bread and motor oil all in one quick stop.” Continue reading
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