Hogswatch is coming, the pigs are getting fat …
Yes, it's that time of year, when you hear the scraping of sleigh runners and the prancing of
16 tiny hooves on your rooftop, when the fellow in the red robe comes down your chimney
with his HO HO HO, a time to be jolly, with mistletoe and holly and -- other things ending
in olly. That can only mean one thing: It's time for the annual reading of Terry Pratchett's
Hogfather!
It's Hogswatch Eve, and the Hogfather has gone missing under mysterious circumstances.
Paid assassin, Mr. Teatime (pronounced Te-ah teem-eh) and a band of petty thieves are
messing with the beliefs of the world's children, leaving an inconvenient surplus of belief
elsewhere -- especially at the Unseen University in Ankh-Morpork. Someone has to step in
to save Hogswatch so that the sun will continue to rise each day, and that someone is …
Death? HO HO HO. Also featuring the Verucca Gnome and the Oh God of Hangovers.
Another delectable offering in the Discworld series, Hogfather manages to poke fun at
everything associated with holidays while honoring the underpinnings of tradition. A story
with many twists, turns, and seemingly loose ends, but in the end you are richly rewarded.
Pratchett's books may seem light and insignificant, but they offer so much food for thought.
Honestly, what are you waiting for? HO HO HO, Happy Hogswatch!
