Politically Correct Holiday Stories: For an Enlightened Yuletide Season [Large Print] [Hardcover]

James Finn Garner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1995

Whether your favorite holiday story is "A Christmas Carol", "The Story of Hanukkah", or "'Twas the Night Before Christmas", you'll find it transformed to reflect current sensibilities in Politically Correct Holiday Stories. Injecting our popular holiday fables with a modern perspective is no easy task, but someone had to do it -- and who better than the proven master of cultural sensitivity? James Finn Garner joyfully frees these holiday tales from sexism, ageism, religious imperialism, and every other sorry vestige of our flawed, low-consciousness past.

So gather the family (whether traditional, dysfunctional, co-dependent, or otherwise) around the hearth, and read aloud these tales as they should have been told the first time.

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 99 pages
• Publisher: G K Hall & Co (December 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0783815360
• ISBN-13: 978-0783815367
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,550,547 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

James Finn Garner's best known book is "Politically Correct Bedtime Stories", which spent 64 weeks on the New York Times Best-seller list, including six weeks in the top position. The book was also a best-seller in England and Canada, and has been translated into more than 25 languages. Its sequels, "Once Upon A More Enlightened Time" and "Politically Correct Holiday Stories", were also best sellers sold around the world.

His most recent book is the seminal Clown Noir, "Honk Honk, My Darling: A Rex Koko, Private Clown Mystery." His other books include "Recut Madness: Favorite Films Retold for Your Partisan Pleasure" and "Apocalypse WOW: A Memoir for the End of Time".

A former columnist with Chicago Magazine, Garner has broadcast commentaries on National Public Radio.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a Riot!, March 1, 2003

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S. K. Leggate "Sunni" (Fernley, NV United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Politically Correct Holiday Stories: For an Enlightened Yuletide Season (Hardcover)

This book consists of five stories: 'Twas the Night Before Solstice, Frosty the Persun of Snow, The Nutcracker, Rudolph the Nasally Empowered Reindeer, and A Christmas Carol. Garner's stories are packed with spectacular satire, and left me in hysterics. Although I am a true fan of Christmas, and love all of the original versions of these stories I couldn't have been happier about the jest poked in the direction of a society to absorbed in political corectness that it has forgotten the joy of a season. For an off-beat Christmas treat I urge you to pick up this book. It's a quick read and full of laughs.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Off-beat Christmas treat....., December 19, 2002

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Andi Miller (Caddo Mills, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Politically Correct Holiday Stories: For an Enlightened Yuletide Season (Hardcover)

After picking up Garner's Politically Correct Bedtime Stories I rushed out to pick up PC Holiday Stories just in time for Christmas. I have to say that the majority of the book is just as delightful as the first. This volume consists of five stories: 'Twas the Night Before Solstice, Frosty the Persun of Snow, The Nutcracker, Rudolph the Nasally Empowered Reindeer, and A Christmas Carol. In my opinion, `Twas the Night Before Solstice was the best of the stories. Garner gives us an incredibly hilarious rendition of The Night Before Christmas including a dreams of lentils and warm whole grain breads (instead of the traditional sugarplums), trees dressed "like a seasonal strumpet", and, in an act of great Christmas good-doing, the kids liberate Santa's reindeer. The only bad part about the book, and it's hard to even call it bad, is the length of A Christmas Carol. Garner's stories are packed with puns and satire, so anything over 10 or 15 pages is a bit much...and A Christmas Carol is somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 pages. That said, if you're in the mood for an off-beat Christmas treat I urge you to pick up this book. It's a quick read and full of laughs.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Christmas Stress Reliever, December 10, 2009

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This review is from: Politically Correct Holiday Stories: For an Enlightened Yuletide Season (Hardcover)

Great little book for a grab gift. Reduces stress by laughter! Gave it to 4 women who were reading and laughing moments after opening the gifts.