The dreaded feast : writers on enduring the holidays /
The dreaded feast : writers on enduring the holidays /
edited by Michele Clarke and Taylor Plimpton ; introduction by P.J. O'Rourke.
- New York : Abrams Image, c2009.
- 208 p. ; 20 cm.
Give it a rest, ye merry gentlemen : an introduction / Why I love Christmas / A fruitcake theory / Home for the holidays : a survivor's frightening account / 'Tis the season for halitosis / The Christmas party & how to mix a Christmas wassail / The Madonna of turkey season / Two Thanksgiving poems / Susie's letter from Santa / A Christmas spectacle / Waiting for Santy : a Christmas playlet / Xmas words / Christmas carol / Two selections from I hate Christmas / The terrible fourth day of Christmas / Selections from Mercurius religiosus : faithfully communicating to the whole nation, the vanity of Christmas / Christmas shopping : a survivor's guide / Santa responds / The compleat shopper : George Plimpton's guide to gift giving / Merry Christmas / Christmas is a sad season for the poor / Christmas dreams and cruel memories / Against winter / Christmas Freud / Women / The truth about Santa (an apocalyptic holiday tale) / Ceremonies that have not recrudesced because we never succeeded in getting rid of them in the first place / Last last chance / Oh, Christmas tree / Keeping Christmas in your heart all year long / Christmas means giving / P.J. O'Rourke -- John Waters -- Calvin Trillin -- Chris Radant -- Jonathan Ames -- Corey Ford -- Jay McInerney -- Billy Collins -- Mark Twain -- Robert C. Benchley -- S.J. Perelman -- Roy Blount Jr. -- Lewis Lapham -- Daniel Blythe -- Scott Horton -- Anonymous -- Dave Barry -- Santa Claus -- George Plimpton -- James Thurber -- John Cheever -- Hunter S. Thompson -- Charles Simic -- David Rakoff -- Charles Bukowski -- Greg Kotis -- P.J. O'Rourke -- Fiona Maazel -- Augusten Burroughs -- Alysia Gray Painter -- David Sedaris.
081098265X (hbk.) 9780810982659 (hbk.)
2009009393
GBA969623 bnb
015326927 Uk
Christmas stories, American.
Humorous stories, American.
Give it a rest, ye merry gentlemen : an introduction / Why I love Christmas / A fruitcake theory / Home for the holidays : a survivor's frightening account / 'Tis the season for halitosis / The Christmas party & how to mix a Christmas wassail / The Madonna of turkey season / Two Thanksgiving poems / Susie's letter from Santa / A Christmas spectacle / Waiting for Santy : a Christmas playlet / Xmas words / Christmas carol / Two selections from I hate Christmas / The terrible fourth day of Christmas / Selections from Mercurius religiosus : faithfully communicating to the whole nation, the vanity of Christmas / Christmas shopping : a survivor's guide / Santa responds / The compleat shopper : George Plimpton's guide to gift giving / Merry Christmas / Christmas is a sad season for the poor / Christmas dreams and cruel memories / Against winter / Christmas Freud / Women / The truth about Santa (an apocalyptic holiday tale) / Ceremonies that have not recrudesced because we never succeeded in getting rid of them in the first place / Last last chance / Oh, Christmas tree / Keeping Christmas in your heart all year long / Christmas means giving / P.J. O'Rourke -- John Waters -- Calvin Trillin -- Chris Radant -- Jonathan Ames -- Corey Ford -- Jay McInerney -- Billy Collins -- Mark Twain -- Robert C. Benchley -- S.J. Perelman -- Roy Blount Jr. -- Lewis Lapham -- Daniel Blythe -- Scott Horton -- Anonymous -- Dave Barry -- Santa Claus -- George Plimpton -- James Thurber -- John Cheever -- Hunter S. Thompson -- Charles Simic -- David Rakoff -- Charles Bukowski -- Greg Kotis -- P.J. O'Rourke -- Fiona Maazel -- Augusten Burroughs -- Alysia Gray Painter -- David Sedaris.
081098265X (hbk.) 9780810982659 (hbk.)
2009009393
GBA969623 bnb
015326927 Uk
Christmas stories, American.
Humorous stories, American.