Review: Skipping Christmas by John Grisham

4 stars for Skipping Christmas by John Grisham.

I have never for the life of me ever thought of skipping Christmas. Perhaps because of this, I tend to skip this book year after year after year when I am selecting my festive holiday fiction. I am glad not to have skipped it again this year.

Skipping Christmas is not your run-of-the-mill Christmas story. There is nothing about romance lost and found which is ever so rampant in Christmas tales. Instead, it is a funny and entertaining novel, heartwarming and touching in all its originality. After reading this book, you will be amazed at the reasons that the Kranks can come up with simply to have a complete boycott of Christmas and then have a good laugh at the ensuing chaotic mess they find themselves in.

I like it that this book is short and sweet and so in time for a good Christmas read, especially so this year as I am even more busy with my newfound hobby - crochet.

Christmas is a time of peace and joy around the world. It is a festive season to be spent with family and loved ones. I am not skipping Christmas, not this year, nor the next, or ever. Today is Christmas Eve. We celebrated it with pork knuckle, chocolate log cake and many wonderful presents.

Have you skipped Christmas before or ever harbour the thought of doing so?

Well, in any case, have a very Merry Christmas!


Publisher: Doubleday; 1st edition
Publication date: 28 Oct 2002

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Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded shops, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That's just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they'll skip the holiday altogether. Theirs will be the only house on the street without a rooftop Frosty the snowman; they won't be hosting their annual Christmas Eve bash; they aren't even going to have a tree. They won't need one, because come December 25 they're setting sail on a Caribbean cruise. But, as this weary couple is about to discover, skipping Christmas brings enormous consequences - and isn't half as easy as they'd imagined.

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