| Merry Un-Christmas by Mike Reiss |
MERRY UN-CHRISTMAS by Mike Reiss
Illustrated by: David Catrow
Release Date: 9/26/06
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages: 32
Rating: 5 Stars
Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"
For Noelle, there's one day a year that she looks forward to more
than any other. No, it's not Christmas, but Un-Christmas!
For Noelle and her family, who live in Christmas City, Texmas,
Un-Christmas is the one and only day when things are as close to
normal as they can get. Noelle can go to school (since school is
closed on Christmas), the mailman can finally deliver the mail
(since the post office is closed on Christmas), and she can watch
regular shows on television (since Christmas is filled with holiday
specials and the Grinch and Scrooge). For the family that
celebrates Christmas 364 days a year, Un-Christmas is a
wonderful day!
My kids thought, at first, that having Christmas every day of the
year except one sounded like a wonderful idea. Until they realized
that, like Noelle, they would soon have so many presents they
wouldn't want to play with any of them. And that having a large
Christmas dinner--the SAME Christmas dinner--every single day
would start to get boring. And that the feeling of excitement and
anticipation that comes on Christmas Day would, after celebrating
it so many times, start to fade.
No, they decided, Noelle is right to be so happy to see
Un-Christmas come. And having Christmas once a year really is
enough!
Illustrated by: David Catrow
Release Date: 9/26/06
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages: 32
Rating: 5 Stars
Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"
For Noelle, there's one day a year that she looks forward to more
than any other. No, it's not Christmas, but Un-Christmas!
For Noelle and her family, who live in Christmas City, Texmas,
Un-Christmas is the one and only day when things are as close to
normal as they can get. Noelle can go to school (since school is
closed on Christmas), the mailman can finally deliver the mail
(since the post office is closed on Christmas), and she can watch
regular shows on television (since Christmas is filled with holiday
specials and the Grinch and Scrooge). For the family that
celebrates Christmas 364 days a year, Un-Christmas is a
wonderful day!
My kids thought, at first, that having Christmas every day of the
year except one sounded like a wonderful idea. Until they realized
that, like Noelle, they would soon have so many presents they
wouldn't want to play with any of them. And that having a large
Christmas dinner--the SAME Christmas dinner--every single day
would start to get boring. And that the feeling of excitement and
anticipation that comes on Christmas Day would, after celebrating
it so many times, start to fade.
No, they decided, Noelle is right to be so happy to see
Un-Christmas come. And having Christmas once a year really is
enough!