A multitude of parodies of the best-selling novel The Christmas Box fills a "holiday"anthology that includes such spoofs as "The Christmas Lox," the story of an Idaho family in search of smoked salmon, and "The Christmas Box Lunch," the touching story of a caterer's Christmas.
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As the authors of this parody suggest in their introduction, sentimental Christmas stories can move us "either to tears or to nausea." Addressing themselves to those who have the latter reaction, they have produced 21 very short tales that may entice those who prefer vinegar to sugar syrup. Most of the tales use the same device as the original Christmas Box story: a poor couple and their child move into a house whose elderly occupant reveals the true meaning of the holiday. In "The Christmas Jar," a body-piercing specialist and his wife board with an old lady in her trailer home and learn that the ultimate gift of Christmas is to love your goldfish. Among the other scenarios: an embalmer and his unfaithful wife lodge in a deranged cardiovascular surgeon's mansion, where they discover his dismembered (but still articulate) wife in a box in the attic; another couple become boarders in Jewish comedian George Burnside's Beverly Hills mansion, where a bonanza awaits them. The humor here is broad, derivative, sometimes in bad taste ("The Christmas Black Box" involves a plane crash) and often raunchy: "The Christmas Vox," a takeoff on Nicholson Baker's erotic novel, features a heavy-breathing Mrs. Santa; in another story, a sexy octogenarian improves her young lover's virility with the gift of boxer shorts. Completely irreverent and somewhat sophomoric readers may, however, consider this a box of Yuletide cheer. $50,000 ad/promo.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Irreverent, but fun,
By Richard Evans (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Revenge of the Christmas Box: A Parody (Hardcover)
As the author of The Christmas Box, I found the parody irreverent at times but, on the whole, a lot of fun.
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is like Tales From The Darkside, only funnier and truer.,
By Imagine Reason "Imagine" (Earth) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Revenge of the Christmas Box: A Parody (Hardcover)
This is one of the best satirical parodies out there. If you have an intelligent sense of humor, you will appreciate this little dark book.
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