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	BookPage Fiction Review: Skipping Christmas
		Skipping Christmas is the best-selling author's first foray into the realm of Christmas stories, though Grisham took another departure from his usual legal thrillers earlier in the year with the warmly received publication of A Painted House.
		Ultimately a story that warms the heart, Skipping Christmas shows middle America with many of its cliches and prejudices in overripe full bloom.
		As Luther and Nora prepare, tanning and dieting for their two weeks in the sun, tensions begin to build between the Kranks, whose house will be dark and unadorned on Christmas, and their neighbors, who had hoped to win the annual Christmas decoration contest for Hemlock Street.
	www.bookpage.com /0112bp/fiction/skipping_christmas.html (357 words)

	Skipping Christmas : Reviews, Prices, Deals
		Skipping Christmas is Grisham-lite, with none of the serious drama of earlier books such as The Pelican Brief, but a funny poke at the craziness of Christmas.
		Some envy his decision to Skip Christmas and go on a cruise while others cannot understand why he is suddenly adopting the stance of a non-conformist.
		But entirely skipping Christmas means not doing anything "holiday" related at all - no cards, no presents, no holiday parties and, most importantly, no rooftop Frosty...the "symbol" of Christmas in their Hemlock Street neighborhood in Illinois.
	www.medfools.com /shopuk/product/0385508417/Skipping_Christmas.html (913 words)

	ToxicUniverse.com - Grisham, John - November 6, 2001 - Skipping Christmas Books Review
		Skipping Christmas bills itself as a worthy modern-day successor to A Christmas Carol.
		Skipping Christmas is a great read, filled with "Didja ever notice...?"-style observations and the wry amusement of realizing you know the types who’d go out of their way to keep you from doing what you want to do.
		Skipping Christmas doesn't have the power to be what it wants to be—the modern-day A Christmas Carol—but nothing around today really does.
	www.toxicuniverse.com /review.php?rid=10002117 (1052 words)

	Powell's Books - Skipping Christmas by John Grisham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Skipping represents a departure for the king of the legal thrillers, but in this case, it's to an unworthy destination.
		"Skipping Christmas," the perennial hardcover bestseller, is available this season in hardcover and, for the first time ever, also available in a mass market movie-tie in edition on sale 10/12.
		John Grisham is the author of A Painted House, The Brethren, The Testament, The Street Lawyer, The Partner, The Runaway Jury, The Rainmaker, The Chamber, The Client, The Pelican Brief, The Firm, and A Time to Kill.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/partner?partner_id=719&cgi=product&isbn=0385508417 (451 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Skipping Christmas at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Skip Skipping Christmas unless you have also been sucked into a grossly materialistic Christmas, or have reprehensibly nosy neighbors, in which case you can probably see its humor.
		On Christmas Eve, just as Luther is fully enjoying his store-bought tan and the pleasant thoughts of warm breezes on sandy beaches, Blair calls to say she’s coming home with her fiancee.
		He winds up “borrowing” a tree from his neighbor and is almost arrested by the local police, who are already ticked off at him because he didn’t buy his usual dozen copies of their calendar.
	www.epinions.com /content_48627879556 (963 words)

	Skipping Christmas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		John Grisham turns a satirical eye on the overblown ritual of the festive holiday season, and the result is Skipping Christmas, a modest but funny novel about the tyranny of December 25.
		Skipping Christmas is Grisham-lite, with none of the serious action or drama of his legal thrillers, but a funny poke at the craziness of Christmas.
		But, as this weary couple is about to discover, skipping Christmas brings enormous consequences–and isn’t half as easy as they’d imagined.
	www.coolteenbooks.com /c/Christmas/Skipping_Christmas_0385508417.htm (400 words)

	Skipping Christmas by John Grisham - read review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Skipping Christmas starts with a very promising and original premise: Do we have to spend huge gobs of money and drive ourselves crazy each year in the name of the "Holidays?" Luther Krank, an accountant by profession, thinks he has the answer.
		The hostility ranges from loud singing of Christmas carols outside their home to being questioned by their minister to being featured in their local newspaper with a picture of their "unlit at Christmas" home.
		The neighbors that had been depicted as the ugly face of the Christmas spirit forget their anger and come together to execute a picture-perfect Christmas for the Kranks.
	www.mostlyfiction.com /humor/grisham.htm (1202 words)

	The Hoya \| A Very Kranky Christmas
		Christmas with the Kranks ends with all the delightful, warm and fuzzy feelings, and corny clichés you’d expect from a Christmas movie.
		Unsurprisingly, all plans to skip Christmas go awry when Blair announces that she and her fiancé are coming home for Christmas after all, leaving, Nora and Luther less than 12 hours to prepare for Christmas.
		Skipping Christmas is sheer blasphemy from this point on.
	www.thehoya.com /guide/120304/guide14.cfm (700 words)

	Skipping Christmas by John Grisham - read excerpt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The gate was packed with weary travelers, most of them standing and huddled along the walls because the meager allotment of plastic chairs had long since been taken.
		Sacking was hit or miss, though around Christmas the sackers came to life with smiles and enthusiasm and astounding recall of customers' names.
		But, as this weary couple is about to discover, skipping Christmas brings enormous consequences–-and isn’t half as easy as they’d imagined.
	mostlyfiction.com /excerpts/skippingxmas.htm (2529 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Skipping Christmas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Fed up with the commercial aspects of Christmas, particularly all the money spent, and alone for the holiday for the first time in decades (their daughter has just joined the Peace Corps), grumpy Luther Krank and his sweeter wife, Nora, decide...
		Details of how the decision to "skip" Christmas affects the couple's daily lives are vivid, to the point that the average reader can relate to the sometimes overwhelming pressures of the holiday season that are described.
		The story of CHRISTMAS centers on Luther and Nora Krank, a middle aged couple that are sending their only child, 23 year old graduate student Blair, off to Peru to work with the Peace Corps.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0385508417 (1132 words)

	Skipping Christmas by John Grisham : Booksamillion.com (0385508417, Hardcover)
		Offering readers a relief from holiday frenzy, "Skipping Christmas" in its first year on sale, quickly became the must-have book of the season.
		John Grisham didn't try his hand at writing a Christmas story until the 21st century arrived, but his winning example appears to have prompted a chorus of prominent authors to follow suit.
		Skipping Christmas, Grisham's story of a suburban couple fed up with the holiday rush, jumped to the top of the bestseller lists when it was released last year.
	www.booksamillion.com /ncom/books?id=2999738995058&isbn=0385508417 (460 words)

	RandyRants.com: Skipping Christmas
		The Sunday after Thanksgiving, Luther puts his own daughter on a plane to Peru since she joined the Peace Corp. Shortly there after, having dealt with the crowds and bustle of a major metropolitan-based airport around Thanksgiving, Luther begins to think about skipping Christmas.
		Rather than spend the cash and time and stress (as well as blood, sweat, and tears) on the secular aspects of the holidays, he's decided to just...
		Skipping Christmas is the story of Luther's plan, from before it starts to the activation of the plan, and to what happens after.
	www.randyrants.com /2002/05/skipping_christ.html (296 words)

	Book Venue - Skipping Christmas
		Luther and Nora Krank are spending their first Christmas with their daughter out of the house and, in fact, out of the country.
		Although the Kranks (and their friends and neighbors) seem to celebrate Christmas with a little more vigor than I can relate too, I have to admit this was an amusing story.
		Skipping Christmas by John Grisham was a very good book.
	lantech.geekvenue.net /bookvenue/skipping.html (295 words)

	Amazon.ca: Editorial Reviews Books: Skipping Christmas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		There's a good reason why nearly all classic Christmas tales rely on an element of fantasy, for, literarily at least, Christmas is a time of miracles.
		This means that the Kranks will not buy a Christmas tree or calendar, put up any decorations, send any Christmas cards, give any gifts, or attend or host any parties much to the chagrin of their hyperfestive neighbors.
		When their daughter decides to return home from Peru as a surprise, it ends all plans for their Caribbean cruise and puts Christmas back on the calendar and decorations back on the street.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/books/0385508417/reviews (2484 words)

	Skipping Christmas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		But alas, the plan goes awry when Blair calls on Christmas Eve to say she is coming home for their annual gathering and bringing her fiancé.
		Skipping Christmas is a charming holiday book that should be read annually for the humor of the lunacy and the touching love of neighbors.
		Skipping Christmas is in development for a 2002 Holiday feature film.
	www.southernscribe.com /reviews/general_fiction/skipping_christmas.htm (328 words)

	John Grisham \| The Official Web Site
		They spend their Christmas budget on a Caribbean cruise set to sail on December 25, and happily settle in for a restful holiday season free of rooftop snowmen and festive parties.
		But the Kranks soon learn that their vacation from Christmas isn't much of a vacation at all, and that skipping the holidays has consequences they didn't bargain for...
		A modern Christmas classic, Skipping Christmas is a charming and hilarious look at the mayhem and madness that have become ingrained in our holiday tradition.
	www.randomhouse.com /features/grisham/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=0440242576 (161 words)

	Christmas with the Kranks (2004) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Plot Outline: With their daughter away, her parents decide to skip Christmas altogether until she decides to come home, causing an uproar when they have to celebrate the holidays at the last minute.
		Trivia: The title of John Grisham's book was "Skipping Christmas", which Christmas with the Kranks (2004) is based on.
		My girlfriend and I went to view "Christmas with the Kranks," and I must say that it was the biggest waste of $17 that I've ever spent.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0388419 (436 words)

	Movie Spoiler for the film -CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS
		Luther hands out letters to all his co-workers that this year he's skipping Christmas and not to give him anything as he'll not be handing anything out.
		On Christmas eve Blair calls announcing she's engaged to a Peruvian and the two of them are coming home so he can experience a real American Christmas.
		He goes to their house, wishes them a Merry Christmas and gives him his cruise tickets since he obviously won't be using them.
	www.themoviespoiler.com /Spoilers/christmaswiththekranks.html (742 words)

	Amazon.com: Skipping Christmas: Books: John Grisham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		For this one year, the Kranks will skip Christmas, skip the hassle, skip the frantic shopping, skip all the commericalized glory that has cast a shadow on the true meaning of Christmas.
		I would recommend Skipping Christmas if you like comedy books and advunture books you will and it has many twist in the book.
		Skpping Christmas is about a family of people and there daughter moves away to teach and her parents decide to skipp Christmas and save money to go on a cruse and the kranks run into all sorts of problems.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0385508417?v=glance (1582 words)

	Skipping Christmas This Year? - Editorial\|December 2004 Issue of St. Anthony Messenger Magazine Online
		It is based on the slight but charming 2001 novel Skipping Christmas, by John Grisham, in a major departure from his usual legal thrillers.
		The Scouts can’t believe someone doesn’t want to buy a Christmas tree for $90, even though Luther promises a donation for their summer “camporee.” The police and firefighters hawking calendars and fruitcakes are shocked when Luther turns them down.
		The new empty-nesters were right to realize their Christmas would—and should—be different without their daughter.
	www.americancatholic.org /Messenger/Dec2004/Editorial.asp (870 words)

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		We have our own hand-made Christmas stockings, we host an annual Christmas caroling event with our neighborhood, and we were the first to admit that Santa was well-fed at our house.
		This year though, we are trading snow for sunshine, Christmas cake for a twenty-four hour sushi bar, and Santa's sleigh for a 500 meter cruise ship.
		By “Skipping Christmas,” my family is trying to redefine our traditions for our new realities.
	www.deal.org /defaultsite/index_e.aspx?DetailId=1868 (762 words)

	Kentucky church proposes skipping Christmas, sort of \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		The story is about Luther Krank (Allen), who is sick of the high costs of Christmas, and persuades his wife to skip the holiday and spend the money on a cruise.
		The church, a non-denominational Christian church, is holding a series of weekly discussions that focus on helping the community find simplicity, joy, rest, belonging and Jesus, while skipping the loneliness, obligations and rush that come with the holiday.
		He said the "Skipping Christmas" theme, as ironic as it might sound, will bring some back to the original reason for the holiday.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20041209/news_lz1c9skip.html (470 words)

	Skipping Christmas -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Skipping Christmas -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Skipping Christmas (2001) is a comedy (A short novel) novella by noted American author John Grisham.
		In 2004 the novella was made into a movie titled (additional info and facts about Christmas with the Kranks) Christmas with the Kranks.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sk/skipping_christmas.htm (47 words)

	Blogcritics.org: Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
		Luther can't find a tree this late (it is the day before Christmas); all of the decorations are in boxes in the attic; their friends have already made commitments and won't be able to attend the Kranks annual Christmas Eve party that has been hastily resurrected.
		As Blair's fiancée sings carols in Spanish the neighborhood basks in the glow of Christmas cheer.
		The same neighbors who seem noisy and snotty when the Kranks are skipping Christmas become the heroes in the end.
	blogcritics.org /archives/2004/01/08/184456.php (2123 words)

	ClevelandSeniors.Com - Arts & Leisure - Books - Skipping Christmas
		For Luther and Nora Krank, that is just what they have in mind when they decide, just this once, they will skip the holiday altogether.
		But wait - their neighbors and friends have other ideas about the Kranks skipping Christmas.
		What this couple discovered is that skipping Christmas brings consequences - and is not half as easy as they imagined.
	www.clevelandseniors.com /entertainment/brevskip.htm (278 words)

	Book Review: Skipping Christmas
		In Skipping Christmas, John Grisham takes a look at the much-celebrated day from a different perspective and tells the story of a couple who would rather do away with it just this once.
		Skipping Christmas quickly becomes a tale of the ramifications of a life without Christmas and how its role in society is vital to the human heart.
		With Skipping Christmas, Grisham takes his writing up a level to create literary magic.
	www.teenink.com /Past/2002/December/Books/SkippingXmas.html (398 words)

	News-Star Online'Skipping Christmas' change of pace for Grisham 11/17/02
		Those of you who are fans of John Grisham's judicial mysteries will find "Skipping Christmas" a complete change of pace for this very popular author.
		Facing a bleak Christmas without her and fed up with the commercialism, exhausting whirls of activity and expense of past years, they take an enormous departure from their usual December activities.
		Neither do the Boy Scouts who are selling Christmas trees, the firefighters who are selling fruit cakes or the many friends who come every year to their big Christmas Eve party.
	www.news-star.com /stories/111702/esc_4.shtml (458 words)

	Insight on the News: Skipping Christmas: a novel. . - Books: ho, ho, ho! Let's see what Santa has put under the tree ...
		Insight on the News: Skipping Christmas: a novel.
		He and his wife, Nora, will skip Christmas -- no gifts, no parties, no cards, no charities -- and instead spend the money on a 10-day cruise to the Caribbean.
		If Grisham's Christmas has been thoroughly secularized, Hollander and McClatchy note in their foreword that Christmas is both holiday and holy day, and the grandest poems in their anthology are those celebrating the Nativity.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1571/is_49_17/ai_81790767 (981 words)

	DesiJournal.com - Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
		He is also tired of attending the obligatory parties, buying the obligatory gifts and making the expected community contributions ("buying" one more calendar from the local police, or fruit cakes that nobody eats from the firemen).
		The neighbors who had been depicted as the ugly face of the Christmas spirit, forget their anger and come together to execute a picture-perfect Christmas for the Kranks.
		It is not that I have an objection to the message of Christmas - celebrating the birth of Jesus and his message of peace, giving gifts to dear ones and getting together with friends and colleagues to have a good time.
	www.desijournal.com /book.asp?articleId=119 (1011 words)

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