The Worst Noel Hellish Holiday Tales Author:Collected Authors of the Worst Noel Does the thought of mistletoe give you hives? Does the sound of jingling bells instill fear in your heart? Do you hide under the covers from the day after Thanksgiving till New Year's Day? And even if you love Christmas, do the hyperconsumerism, overindulgence, and tinsel-covered everything make you crazy?
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If you said yes to any of these questions, this is the book for you. So pour yourself a glass of eggnog, chisel off a piece of rock-hard fruitcake, and curl up in the big comfy chair by the fireplace where the stockings have been hung with such care -- and settle in to read The Worst Noel.
Donner is dead / Cynthia Kaplan --
Blue Christmas: the tour / John Marchese --
Eight / Amy Krouse Rosenthal --
That's just about enough figgy pudding, actually / Catherine Newman --
Birthdays / Ann Patchett --
The accidental Santa / Joni Rodgers --
Christmas 2001 / Anne Giardini --
The bite before Christmas / Stanley Bing --
Survivor / Louis Bayard --
I'll have Christmas with the works on rye, hold the ham and Jesus / Valerie Frankel --
Christmas in Paris / Mike Albo --
We really must get together this year / Marian Keyes --
The gift of the Magi redux / Binnie Kirshenbaum --
A foreign country / Mitchell Symons --
The Jew who cooked a ham for Christmas / Neal Pollock --
Rum balls / Roger Director --
Buy humbug / Cintra Wilson --
The gift that did not need wrapping / Elizabeth Noble« less
A collection of essays about the worst Christmas ever. Some funny, some sad, and a several about how the holiday season is survived and celebrated by those who aren't Christian.