Not as sweet as "The Night Before Christmas," perhaps, but a lot funnier. A father has waited until the last minute to do his holiday shopping and comes home with a pet that surely was never on Noah's Ark. Reading this Christmas story in verse is sure to become a family tradition. A great way to fill that awkward silence at the Christmas dinner table, "The Dat That Ate Christmas" will put smiles on the faces of your friends and relatives and be a balm to the wounds of everyone who has ever put off buying presents until "the day before the night before Christmas." The author is planning an illustrated hardcover gift edition of the book for Christmas 2020. Readers who purchase the eBook in any format before December 1, 2019, will receive 40 percent off the price of the hardcover edition.