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You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas
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Dec 11, 2019
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After recently coming off a Burroughs’ induced Halloweeny high from the delightful Toil & Trouble, there was no chance I was going to let the holiday season go by without picking this one up. Once again this selection of stories reminded me of my Darling David in that the snapshots of life may have contained some dark aspects and the storyteller might have been a bit of a Negative Nelly, but the humor and sentimentality worked to (for the most part) keep spirits bright.
Included in this collection are tales about:
Eating Santa’s face – without ingesting some bathsalts first;
Building a gingerbreadhouse tenement;
Asking for a pony;
Waking up hungover at the Waldorf Astoria next to Santa;
Waking up in a gaggle of homeless people;
Waking up to find your dream house flooded; and
George.
Oh George . . . . .
That one was a heartbreaker. Kudos to you AB for making me have a feel. And for being my kindred spirit when it comes to the advent calendar . . . .
My mother surely must have regretted ever introducing me to the advent calendar, because now she could never take it away. It would be like getting your child hooked on heroin and then withholding their needle.
For the last eighteen days, it had been the single focus of my life. My mother would not allow me to open a new door before eight o’clock in the evening. By seven each night, I was sitting on the floor in front of the refrigerator like a dog, staring up at the calendar and asking her every few minutes, “Is it almost eight o’clock?”
Luckily I’m the adult in my house (and the advent calendar belongs to me because my children are Grinches who only are interested in Christmas for the presents and spend the rest of their lives holed up in their rooms), so I open the day’s little door as soon as I get up each morning . . . .
After recently coming off a Burroughs’ induced Halloweeny high from the delightful Toil & Trouble, there was no chance I was going to let the holiday season go by without picking this one up. Once again this selection of stories reminded me of my Darling David in that the snapshots of life may have contained some dark aspects and the storyteller might have been a bit of a Negative Nelly, but the humor and sentimentality worked to (for the most part) keep spirits bright.
Included in this collection are tales about:
Eating Santa’s face – without ingesting some bathsalts first;
Building a gingerbread
Asking for a pony;
Waking up hungover at the Waldorf Astoria next to Santa;
Waking up in a gaggle of homeless people;
Waking up to find your dream house flooded; and
George.
Oh George . . . . .
That one was a heartbreaker. Kudos to you AB for making me have a feel. And for being my kindred spirit when it comes to the advent calendar . . . .
My mother surely must have regretted ever introducing me to the advent calendar, because now she could never take it away. It would be like getting your child hooked on heroin and then withholding their needle.
For the last eighteen days, it had been the single focus of my life. My mother would not allow me to open a new door before eight o’clock in the evening. By seven each night, I was sitting on the floor in front of the refrigerator like a dog, staring up at the calendar and asking her every few minutes, “Is it almost eight o’clock?”
Luckily I’m the adult in my house (and the advent calendar belongs to me because my children are Grinches who only are interested in Christmas for the presents and spend the rest of their lives holed up in their rooms), so I open the day’s little door as soon as I get up each morning . . . .
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Reading Progress
December 10, 2019
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December 10, 2019
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December 11, 2019
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cover-love
December 11, 2019
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funny-haha
December 11, 2019
– Shelved as:
liburrrrrry-book
December 11, 2019
– Shelved as:
like-this-or-we-cant-be-friends
December 11, 2019
– Shelved as:
loveable-losers
December 11, 2019
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most-wonderful-time-of-the-year
December 11, 2019
– Shelved as:
memoir
December 11, 2019
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non-fiction
December 11, 2019
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read-in-2019
December 11, 2019
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Ginger wrote: "I need your advent calendar what is it? Harry Potter advent?!We have an adult advent calendar. It has beer from Germany (got it at Costco) it is our fourth year and it is pretty fantastic....if y..."
I have requested the beer (or Aldi wine version) advent calendar for the past two years but have not received it. This one is Harry Potter pop vinyls for each day - I bought it for myself when GameStop had them as a 50% off special : )
Lol. I did that to my kid--totally hooked on advent calendars--has the Marvel one this year. Mom of the Year.
Vivian wrote: "Lol. I did that to my kid--totally hooked on advent calendars--has the Marvel one this year. Mom of the Year."YES YOU ARE! Do you make him pant like a dog until a certain hour???
She opens it whenever she wants on the day, usually morning to enjoy it all day :)
We never really understood advent calendars in my growing-up house. Of course, we also tended to receive them on, like, Day 18, sooo…The one year we got one on time, it was a little cardboard calendar that opened to a different picture each day, there were no candy prizes inside, just pictures. We pretty much got bored with it after Dec. 4th and I was the only one who kept up with it because of my terrible sense of order. By Christmas, I was so over it.
Your advent calendar, however, is stupidcute. Like, it borders on ridiculous and I'm surprised you don't eat the fun-size Pop dolls as a violent reaction to the adorableness.
Vivian wrote: "She opens it whenever she wants on the day, usually morning to enjoy it all day :)"Good mom!
Erica wrote: "We never really understood advent calendars in my growing-up house. Of course, we also tended to receive them on, like, Day 18, sooo…The one year we got one on time, it was a little cardboard cale..."
I grew up with a lame FELT advent calendar in my early years. At some point a real one was given to us by someone who must have realized what an abusive household I was living in (haha). NEVER LOOKED BACK! And yes this is the cutest thing I've ever purchased for myself. I can definitely see the Marvel calendar being acquired next year : )
Kelly (and the Book Boar) wrote: "Vivian wrote: "She opens it whenever she wants on the day, usually morning to enjoy it all day :)"Good mom!"
*preens*
We have an adult advent calendar. It has beer from Germany (got it at Costco) it is our fourth year and it is pretty fantastic....if you like beer ;)
thanks for putting this on my radar. I have been looking for something a bit different but in the 'holiday theme'.