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Skipping Christmas
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
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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.
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- Maggie Parkin
- 2022-12-11
Nice but hasn't aged well.
I listened to this story after reading it many years ago, and while the heart of the story is great and there are some entertaining parts, unfortunately a lot of moments in the story haven't aged well. There are quite a few culturally insensitive remarks and comments that verge on being racist, and some politically incorrect moments that really took away from the overall story. I think I'll be enjoying the Christmas with the Kranks movie from now on, rather than revisiting the original novella.
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- Becky Mowry
- 2021-06-05
My Favourite
I have listened to this book countless times. Just my go to when I want to relax and have something in the background. I use to read the book constantly, now I just listen.
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- Meave
- 2020-12-24
Better than the Movie!
I watched the movie version of the book a few years ago and thought it was rather corny. But listening to the book and the narration by Dennis Boutsikaris it was indeed very enjoyable.
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- Mike C
- 2023-01-02
could not finish
I really did not enjoy this book. I could not finish it. This simply was not for me.
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- Em
- 2023-12-28
Just overall unpleasant
The main characters were quite unlikable, which I understand was for comedic/satiric reasons, but I also found there to be some pretty offensive racism and misogyny casually reoccurring in this book, as a warning. Overall, I did not enjoy.
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