“Batko Vepr” is the fourth novel in the “Death” series of the “Discosvet” series by Terry Pratchett.
Vepronich is an enchanting hour when the good-natured cheerful fellow Batko Vepr comes to all the children. He climbs from the house through the dimar, takes gifts from the panchokhs hanging on the fireplace, often drinks sherry and stove and, of course, says “Ho-ho-ho!” Somehow things have gone wrong... Delivering gifts to a seven-foot skeleton with a fake beard. What happened? Is Death finally determined to take away other people’s obligations? Where is the healthy Batko Vepr? And most importantly, why would Death surrender to the spirit of the Evernight and preserve the faith of people in a miracle?
