Skipping Christmas
Title: Skipping Christmas
Author: John Grishman
198 apges/ 20 chapters because it was online
Date published November 2001
Book description:
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.
Author: John Grishman
198 apges/ 20 chapters because it was online
Date published November 2001
Book description:
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.
So I have enjoyed John Grishman's book the partner and it is one of my favorites, so this year I decided to read and start buying his books because I generally enjoy his work. So I don't know but the book is supposed to be humurous so I really hope to like it. It is the first time I read a book of his that is not crime related, I'm exited.
So the main characters are Luther and Nora Krank obviosuly. He is in accounting and works in a small firm, she's a housewife, volunteers in several support groups, does charity and the like. So the year their only daughter Blair decides to go for a year with the Peace Corps and they will be alone for Christmas, Luther being at heart the financial guy does some math and comes up with the awesome idea that in the celebrations they spent around $6,100 the previous year and that it would be better if they don't do it.
He has several good reasons to forgo Christmas:
1. Luthes dislikes dringking, partying and the shopping craziness.
2. A vacation away from the house will distract Nora from missing Blari too much.
3. They do it every year and it could be a break from everything.
It is hilariuos that the people from their neighborhood feel offended by their choice. The Kranks receive prank phone calls, people leave protests boards on their yard, the police department, the fire department and other people insist on them doing Christmas. It is simply not possible to skip it. The neighbors even call in a newspaper reporter to have them run the story.
It is kind of funny how people can make such a big chaos out of a single family's decision. But that's not the best part. On Christmas day, the day the Krank's are to take their plane to the Caribean, they receive a phone call from Blair their daughter... oh boy do they get a surprise.
The Kranks have seven hours to get Christmas to their house, organize a party and forget their cruise. Oh yeah Luther is not even close to being happy with the turn of events. It's hilarious the way they manage to get everything set. I goes form bribing teenagers, borrowing trees oh boy do they have it easy (sarcastic voice).
In all the mess it's no wonder they don't have the normal reaction of their only daughter too young and for the first time aboard making life altering decisions that seem final only after a single month of being on her own.
The nice neighbors and the people they had known and liked for years turn out to have very strong opinions against their plan. But in the end, those same neighbors come united to help them out. It actually is a good story. I gave it a 3.5 stars out of 5 which I can round up to 4. A good Christmasy book indeed.
So the main characters are Luther and Nora Krank obviosuly. He is in accounting and works in a small firm, she's a housewife, volunteers in several support groups, does charity and the like. So the year their only daughter Blair decides to go for a year with the Peace Corps and they will be alone for Christmas, Luther being at heart the financial guy does some math and comes up with the awesome idea that in the celebrations they spent around $6,100 the previous year and that it would be better if they don't do it.
He has several good reasons to forgo Christmas:
1. Luthes dislikes dringking, partying and the shopping craziness.
2. A vacation away from the house will distract Nora from missing Blari too much.
3. They do it every year and it could be a break from everything.
It is hilariuos that the people from their neighborhood feel offended by their choice. The Kranks receive prank phone calls, people leave protests boards on their yard, the police department, the fire department and other people insist on them doing Christmas. It is simply not possible to skip it. The neighbors even call in a newspaper reporter to have them run the story.
It is kind of funny how people can make such a big chaos out of a single family's decision. But that's not the best part. On Christmas day, the day the Krank's are to take their plane to the Caribean, they receive a phone call from Blair their daughter... oh boy do they get a surprise.
The Kranks have seven hours to get Christmas to their house, organize a party and forget their cruise. Oh yeah Luther is not even close to being happy with the turn of events. It's hilarious the way they manage to get everything set. I goes form bribing teenagers, borrowing trees oh boy do they have it easy (sarcastic voice).
In all the mess it's no wonder they don't have the normal reaction of their only daughter too young and for the first time aboard making life altering decisions that seem final only after a single month of being on her own.
The nice neighbors and the people they had known and liked for years turn out to have very strong opinions against their plan. But in the end, those same neighbors come united to help them out. It actually is a good story. I gave it a 3.5 stars out of 5 which I can round up to 4. A good Christmasy book indeed.
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