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The Worst Noel

Written by: The Collected Authors of The Worst Noel
Narrated by: The Collected Authors of The Worst Noel
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Publisher's Summary

It's that time of the year again, the holiday season. Between checkout lines a mile long, the office party hangover, battles with traffic, and delayed flights, what's better to do than to listen to The Worst Noel and laugh your holiday aggravation away?

The collection features an eclectic mix of writers with playful, often dark humor as the common thread.

Audio contains the following essays, read by the contributors:

"Donner Is Dead" by Cynthia Kaplan
"Blue Christmas: The Tour" by John Marchese
"Eight" by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
"That's Just About Enough Figgy Pudding, Actually" by Catherine Newman
"Birthdays" by Ann Patchett
"Christmas 2001" by Anne Giardini
"'Twas the Bite Before Christmas" by Stanley Bing
"Survivor" by Louis Bayard
"I'll Have Christmas with the Works on Rye, Hold the Ham and Jesus" by Valerie Frankel
"Christmas in Paris" by Mike Albo
"We Really Must Get Together This Year" by Marian Keyes, read by Katrina Keyes
"The Gift of the Magi Redux" by Binnie Kirshenbaum
"A Foreign Country" by Mitchel Symons
"The Jew Who Cooked a Ham for Christmas" by Neal Pollack
"Rum Balls" by Roger Director
"Buy Humbug" by Cintra Wilson
"The Gift That Did Not Need Wrapping" by Elizabeth Noble

©2005 The Collected Authors of The Worst Noel (P)2005 HarperCollins Publishers

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"This would make a nifty gift for the Scrooge on book buyers' lists." (Publishers Weekly)

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