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It’s Christmas! Laugh your socks off with Invasion of the Christmas Puddings by Jeremy Strong. ‘Tis the season to be jolly tra-la-la-la-la … BUT WAIT! Father Christmas’s EVIL brother, Bad Christmas, is plotting to take over the world. His poisonous Christmas puddings that turn humans into zombies are pouring through from The Other Side in their millions. Millions of Christmas puddings, all made of deadly sticky matter! But four children from Plumpot Primary have escaped the puddings. Are they in time to stop Bad Christmas and save the world? Prepare to be … puddified!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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