Customer Reviews

Christmas Sucks: What to Do When Fruitcake, Family, and Finding the Perfect Gift Make You Miserable

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I expected more from this book. I expected more humor, more insight. The book did not deliver. I have no issue with the basic premise and no religious convictions that would have me biased against the nature of the book.

Christmas, of course, brings lots of pleasure to many people. As the book promises, Christmas has a lot of downsides. I assumed that the book would deliver a polemic on those downsides, with a lot of humor thrown in. I expected something along the lines of the Erma Bombeck books.

Save your money. I suspect that there are similar books on the subject of Christmas and the hassles one has to face in celebrating the Christmas season. If the subject interests you, you might search the internet for alternative reading. There are movies on this same subject that would deliver more than this book.

The title makes this sound like a Christmas bashing book but it is far from it. Gives great tips, advice and ideas for making your holiday season less frantic and stressful and much more relaxed and worry-free.

I bought this book to calm my nerves on a flight to Disneyworld in January. It worked! It was funny and although I don't hate Christmas anymore since my daughter was born (but am now scared of flying), I felt frazzled from a hectic holiday season. The book made me laugh as some of the situations were even worse than mine. Well-written and enjoyable read.