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Skipping Christmas

By: John Grisham
Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
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Publisher's summary

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 the 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 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 charm and frenzy that have become part of our holiday tradition.

©2001 Belfry Holdings, Inc (P)2001 Random House, Inc.; Random House Audio, a Division of Random House, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Clever...fun to read." (Publishers Weekly)

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love the book however it's to short.

To short lefting me wanting to hear more. John Grisham books have all been great.

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Perfect holiday story

Great story to read or listen to...especially around the holidays. The ending was a surprise for which I thoroughly enjoyed.

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Skipping Christmas Indeed 🤔

This is an amazing book. Laughed most of the way through. Great upbeat story for Christmas.

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Only thing enjoyable was last couple chapters...

...everything else was cranky and scrooge-sounding. Narrator was good and ending was good.

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Hilarious

This novel was a very pleasant surprise. Grisham breaks out of all his molds and creates a lovable set of characters in a zany comedy. It was fun to listen to around holiday time, and may become a family tradition in my house.

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A Christmas tale worth a second listen

If you could sum up Skipping Christmas in three words, what would they be?

An enjoyable redo

What was one of the most memorable moments of Skipping Christmas?

The ending is what makes it all worthwhile.

What about Dennis Boutsikaris’s performance did you like?

A great voice to listen to

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Not sure since the title is good and the movie title is good

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Listen to this years ago and truly enjoyed the book. I am so glad to have gotten a copy of my own.

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Enjoyable Christmas Tale

This work is an enjoyable tale of the importance of Christmas, family, and friends.

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Love Love Love it!

I found this accidentally by looking for books read by Dennis Boutsikaris. I love his style of reading. Listening to it
at first I got a familiar feeling. Then realized one of my favorite movies "Christmas with the Kranks" was based on this.
I am so glad I bought it and listened to it about 3 times. It is a comfort book if you love the holidays and a good laugh. Even
a good cry. A good reminder how important family and friends are.

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Christmas Blessings

This is by far one of the best stories about the Christmas holiday. It had a bit of everything, laughter, tears, surprises, ridiculous ideas, fun, embarrassment and how people discover & share their blessings.

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Christmas Movie in a Book

It read like a old time radio show story. I loved it. Great storytelling and delightful story to get in the Christmas spirit.

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