The Perfect Christmas

By: Debbie Macomber

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins

Publisher's summary

Christmas perfect?

For Cassie Beaumont, it's meeting her perfect match. Cassie, at 33, wants a husband and kids, and so far, nothing's worked. Not blind dates, not the Internet, and certainly not leaving love to chance.

What's left? A professional matchmaker. He's Simon Dodson, and he's very choosy about the clients he takes on. Cassie finds Simon a difficult, acerbic know-it-all, and she's astonished when he accepts her as a client.

Claiming he has her perfect mate in mind, Simon assigns her three tasks to complete before she meets him - three tasks that are all about Christmas: being a charity bell ringer, dressing up as Santa's elf at a children's party, and preparing a traditional turkey dinner for her neighbors (whom she happens to dislike). Despite a number of comical mishaps, Cassie does it all - and she's finally ready to meet her match. But just like the perfect Christmas gift, he turns out to be a wonderful surprise!

What would the holidays be without a Christmas story from Debbie Macomber?

©2009 Debbie Macomber (P)2009 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Sweet little Christmas love story

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

Believe in love

Any additional comments?

This was a very sweet love story about looking for love in the wrong places. Sometimes love is right under your nose the entire time you are desperately searching. I'm so happy she got her perfect Christmas and what sounded like the beginnings of a perfect life together.

Beautiful book get you in the Christmas love spirit.

Match Maker who a doesn’t Want to Marry

Ladies who want to get married and can’t meet a man turn to a Matchmaker for help. The cost is enormous ,but with a guarantee,they think it’s worth it.
Two Tex ladies who work for a plastic company are complaining about wanting to get married, but not meeting men that are the marring kind. One lady tells her friend that she even went to a Matchmaker, but he turned her down because she said she was in love with someone else, But she insisted that her friend should go to see him.He was good at his job!
The cost was $30,000!! The friend decides to make an appointment,and the story starts with the application! It was so long and confusing. Why did he need to know all these questions?
The Matchmaker was hard to get along with. He wanted tro be the only one to ask the questions. There were three tasks the lady had to preform before she could meet. The man that the Matchmaker had picked out. I’ll leave those for you to find. But a few kisses and a

Great Season Read!

Read/Listened for Fun (Kindle/Audible)
(Knocked off my 2009 TBR List)
(Quick Holiday Review)
Overall Rating: 3.50
Story Rating: 3.50
Character Rating: 3.50

Audio Rating: 4.00 (not part of the overall rating)

First Thought when Finished: The Perfect Christmas by Debbie Macomber was a quick, sweet, and fun Christmas read.

Story Thoughts: The Perfect Christmas was a sweet Christmas romance! The story was short and sweet but made for a great afternoon read with a hot cup of tea. I love matchmaker storylines so that made me smile. My only complaint was the end was much to quick for me. However, the rest of the story was delightful and fun! Perfect for the season.

Audio Thoughts:

Narrated by Tavia Gilbert / LENGTH 4 hrs and 13 mins


Tavia is one of my favorite narrators and she did an excellent job with The Perfect Christmas. Her pacing, emotion, and delivery were spot on and I think did the characters justice.

Final Thoughts: The Perfect Christmas made for a great holiday read.

Christmas miracles

Do you believe in Christmas miracles? Going to a professional matchmaker and ploping down $30,000.00 is a huge risk. Satisfaction guaranteed, would you chance it? This story will make you laugh and perhaps even shed a tear or two, but you'll be delighted by the warm fuzzies you also receive from listening to this delightful audiobook. 😍

Predictable

The plot was predictable and you knew what was going to happen to the characters pretty early on, but it was a fun light listen anyway. Typical of Debbie Macomber's romance stories.

Great story and performance.

great story and the narrator brought life to the characters. I enjoyed it very much

Warm and Fuzzy Christmas

I enjoyed this Christmas story. The relationship between the two main characters was very entertaining. At Christmas time it's always nice to hear a warm and fuzzy story with a happy ending. It was exactly what I expected it to be: A romanctic comedy with lots of warm fuzzies...and a little bit of cheese.

Oh! Almost forgot...um...I have to say that the narrator was a bit annoying for me. She really over-enunciated the words and made me feel like she was reading to a small child.

A must listen to.

Simple and purely delightful. I️ enjoyed ever minute if it. Not deep but just an enjoyable performance.

Intelligent and emotional

strong in performance and story, both. cheesy but that is what I hoped in a story with holiday spirit. I cried in one or two places. I was pleasantly surprised how wholesome, and respecting traditional values.

perfect Christmas

I like how the match maker meets his client and then finds his own match in her. Great story!