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An Almost Perfect Christmas
An Almost Perfect Christmas | Nina Stibbe
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"My mother is not a foodie. But for as long as I can remember, once a year, she becomes possessed of a profound and desperate need to serve up a perfect roast turkey. Faced with a walk into the village though, she might think 'oh, f*** it' and decide to get a frozen one from Bejams on the 23rd and leave it to defrost in the downstairs toilet for not quite 48 hours." From perennially dry turkeys to Christmas pudding fires, from the round robin code of conduct to the risks and rewards of re-gifting, An Almost Perfect Christmas is an ode to the joy and insanity of the most wonderful time of the year.
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jlhammar
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Fun little collection. Chuckle-inducing.

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Emilymdxn
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Thank you so much @Jadams1776 for tagging me in #averymerrybingo for this year! I‘ve spent part of the evening plugging some of my holiday reads into the bingo board to try and get some of my #wintergames2021 reading planned out. I don‘t think I‘ll be able to resist starting my Christmas books til December, I‘m so excited 🧑‍🎄🎄

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veritysalter
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A quick book (managed to read it in between prepping for my son‘s birthday party) - full of advice for the pitfalls of a traditional English 21st Century Christmas - laugh out loud after the chapter on Timothy the Turkey. #WinterGames #MerryReaders #HolidayRead

Clwojick Adding to my list! Sounds fun. 21pts. 4y
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KerriNTurner
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The essay parts of this book were my favourite, they had me laughing out loud. I wish there had been more as I didn‘t love the short stories the same way. They had a darker/more melancholy edge, which might suit some people‘s tastes but given the author excels at dry and sarcastic humour I wanted more of that! I listened to the audiobook, which was read by the author herself, and her dead-pan and slightly sardonic way of reading was perfect.

MaGoose Love the little trailer. Is that a pin? Where did you get it? 5y
KerriNTurner @MaGoose it‘s actually a Christmas tree ornament! I believe I got it at Pottery Barn 5y
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Booksnchill
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Finished this set of humorous essys by Nina Stibbe- themed on family Christmases and dry turkeys! Lovely Christmas eve read. Merry Christmas Day to all who celebrate🎄🎄🎄🎄🎁❤️🐾

[DELETED] 206653737 Merry Christmas 🎄 6y
Simona Merry Christmas 😘 6y
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tournevis Merry Christmas! 🎅🎄🤶🎁😘 6y
DarcysMom Merry Christmas 🎄 6y
Bookzombie Merry Christmas! 🎄 6y
DGRachel Merry Christmas!🎁🎄 6y
PurpleyPumpkin Merry Christmas!🎄 6y
Booksnchill @bookish22 @Simona @AmyG @tournevis Merry Christmas🎄❤️😍💋 6y
JessClark78 Merry Christmas! 6y
Booksnchill @JessClark78 Merry Christmas to you🎄❤️ 6y
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Booksnchill
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Next up- waiting for the Maple Ice Cream to finish in the mixer, Whiskey and I are watching a fireplace (on Netflix!) and starting our next read! #DogsOfLitsy

mom2bugnbee Whisky! 🐾 Love him! 6y
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Jess_Read_This
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“I vowed from a young age to never cook a turkey, and I never have-unless you count turkey mince (which I don‘t). I mentioned this early on to my partner, along with other deal breakers- such as my laziness, love of dogs, and plan that have six children- and he seemed fine with it all”

🎄😂🎄This is exactly what I need to read for smiles and giggles as the holiday season ramps to full speed ahead. And isn‘t the Book Depository bookmark lovely?

rubyslippersreads I hope I get this lovely Alice bookmark in my upcoming order! 6y
Jess_Read_This @rubyslippersreads I was so surprised to see it! My other two color ones from them were Gruffalo ones. (I buy too much from BD...lol) 6y
elkeOriginal I have not seen this bookmark yet - jealous! 6y
Jess_Read_This @elkeo I haven‘t gotten another one yet. They seem to like sending the Gruffalo ones. I‘m waiting on three packages from them so maybe in one of those. It‘s like bookmark roulette! 6y
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