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Politically Correct Holiday Stories: For an Enlightened Yuletide Season
Author: James Finn Garner

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Publisher: Hungry Minds Inc
Book Type: Hardcover
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ISBN-13: 9780028604206 - ISBN-10: 0028604202
Publication Date: 10/1995
Pages: 99


Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover

Book Description:
Holiday tales have long delighted and entertained us, but until now they've always been burdened with society's skewed values and mores. Stories that reinforce the stifling class system (Dickens's A Christmas Carol), legitimize the stereotype of a merry, over-weight patriarchal oppressor (Santa Claus in The Night Before Christmas), and justify the domestication and subjugation of wild animals (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer) abound in the literature and lore of this season. Now James Finn Garner has stepped in to revise and improve these familiar tales to free our social consciousness from the ghost of prejudice past. From the newly revised "Nutcracker" to "Frosty the Person of Snow," these stories rekindle the true holiday spirit and redefine the idea of "good will to all men" to include woman, pre-adults, and companion animals as well.

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Top Member Book Reviews

Joann T. (greystray) wrote on 4/22/2007...

4 member(s) found this review helpful.

These retold stories are Christmas tales with a humorous bent. Just the thing to take the edge off tense holidays.

Rachel F. (rachelmarie) wrote on 1/2/2007...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

Sooo funny. I love it! If you haven't read it and you need a good laugh.. check it out.

Lorelie L. (artgal36) wrote on 10/15/2006...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

Tales include: 'Twas the Night Before Solstice; Frosty the Persun of Snow; The Nutcracker; Rudolph the Nasally Empowered Reindeer; and A Christmas Carol. So funny. You'll love it.

Lisa P. (FamFatale) wrote on 4/4/2006...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

Read the real story of Rudolph's leadership and the reindeers real struggle for fair working conditions...

Christine O. (crissyreader) wrote on 1/5/2007...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

Very humorous, especially, "The Night Before Solstice."

Amanda A. (mandanjohn) wrote on 8/29/2006...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

This book is absolutely hilarious. I loved it.

Paige (ducky28) wrote on 7/23/2008...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

very funny. great read!!

Carla B. (puppyluv) wrote on 2/26/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

From the Publisher
Holiday tales have long delighted and entertained us, but until now they've always been burdened with society's skewed values and mores. Stories that reinforce the stifling class system (Dickens's A Christmas Carol), legitimize the stereotype of a merry, over-weight patriarchal oppressor (Santa Claus in The Night Before Christmas), and justify the domestication and subjugation of wild animals (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer) abound in the literature and lore of this season. Now James Finn Garner has stepped in to revise and improve these familiar tales to free our social consciousness from the ghost of prejudice past. From the newly revised "Nutcracker" to "Frosty the Persun of Snow," these stories rekindle the true holiday spirit and redefine the idea of "good will to all men" to include womyn, pre-adults, and companion animals as well.

Customer Review
Doug, A reviewer, 12/20/1999
Let's All Learn a Lesson From Diminutive Timon
Although this book was written in 1995, it's lessons ring as true today as they did in the era in which it was written. The government still oppresses persuns of snow. Nutcrackers continue to sexually harass young females. This book helps us to realize that instead of looking within ourselves to find the true meaning of Christmas, we should realize that our faults are not our own; they are the work of others, we are all just they results of the conditions of our environment.


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Alice H. (alliepoetesswitch) wrote on 12/27/2007...


A silly book for the holiday season...

Angela H. wrote on 11/27/2006...


VERY FUNNY


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