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Found this via BoingBoing, and what a find indeed. Novelist Ben Tripp wrote a “zombie thriller” (Rise Again), but didn't like the book jacket designed by his publisher -- so he made a website to give away his own alternative dust jackets… and apparently was unable to stop making more and more zombie-themed papercraft & printables.

From his website:

Horror fans have one thing in common: they appreciate the most tasteful things in life. For you, the readers -- the fans -- we present this elegant nativity scene, crche, or crib. Bring joy to Grandma's heart by downloading, printing, and assembling this attractive tableau. It will make her hump fall off.

I truly like the semi-real-yet-cartoony style, really reminds me of the nativity set my own family used for 30+ years, often augmented with various FisherPrice and Happy Meal characters when the odd lamb or shepard would go missing (now we know what really happened to them).

His site's a rich zombie resource with many undead inspired Christmas goodies, but I think his Nativity Set's my favorite, followed closely by his “Zombie Santa” Ornaments.

Update:

He's apparently taken the nativity set off his website, so I'm re-posting it here.

Download Papercraft Zombie Nativity Set PDF (400kb)