Skipping Christmas

Fülszöveg

'Luther unfolded a spreadsheet and began pointing. "Here, my dear, is what we spent last Christmas. Six ^ thousand, one hundred dollars. And precious little to show for it. The vast majority of it down the drain. Wasted. And that, of course, does not include my time, your time, the traffic, stress, worry, bickering, ill-will, sleep-loss - all the wonderful things that we pour into the holiday season."
^ '"Where is this going?"
'Luther dropped the spreadsheets and, quick as a magician, presented the Island Princess brochure to ^ his wife. "Where is this going, you ask, my dear? It's going to the Caribbean. Ten nights, ten nights of ^ total luxury on the Island Princess, the fanciest cruise ship in the world . . ."'
In their dreams.
Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded malls, 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... Tovább

Fülszöveg

'Luther unfolded a spreadsheet and began pointing. "Here, my dear, is what we spent last Christmas. Six ^ thousand, one hundred dollars. And precious little to show for it. The vast majority of it down the drain. Wasted. And that, of course, does not include my time, your time, the traffic, stress, worry, bickering, ill-will, sleep-loss - all the wonderful things that we pour into the holiday season."
^ '"Where is this going?"
'Luther dropped the spreadsheets and, quick as a magician, presented the Island Princess brochure to ^ his wife. "Where is this going, you ask, my dear? It's going to the Caribbean. Ten nights, ten nights of ^ total luxury on the Island Princess, the fanciest cruise ship in the world . . ."'
In their dreams.
Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded malls, 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 Hemlock Street without a rooftop Frosty; 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.
A classic tale for modern times. Skipping Christmas offers a hilarious look at the chaos and frenzy that has become part of our holiday tradition. Vissza