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not a mystery but cute story. light reading.

How a couple in small town America deals with their daughter not being home for Christmas. This unexpectedly affects their friends and neighbors as well. Very similar to the movie but there are some significant differences.

A quick, very funny read. Worth a place on your shelf for reading every season. This is NOT a tear-jerking tale that will warm your heart and make you weep, and it is not meant to be. I recommend it.

My parents have read every John Grisham book there is, even his latest two (thanks to the library). I knew this book was the basis for the movie "Christmas with the Kranks." It's an easy and fast read. Not as funny as I thought it would be considering the movie stars Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis.

This was a wonderful book. I read it during the week of Christmas and at times thought the characters had a wonderful idea. The characters are truly tested though. Will they really be able to skip Christmas? Would you be able to? I have to admit it's fun to think about :)

This book was excellent! It was off he beaten path of Grishams usuals, but it was short and enjoyable - much better than the movie

Great book, better than the movie but both fun! Loved the humor but also the touching twist! You gotta love Grisham anyhow, but this shows a different touch and genre for him. Loved it!

more of a short story premise, one-dimensional stereotyped characters

Accountant Luther Krank is a Scrooge for the new millennium. He calculates that he and his wife, Nora, can take a Caribbean cruise during Christmas for much less money than they spent during the previous year's Christmas season. But Luther doesn't just want to take a vacation during Christmas; he wants to take a vacation from Christmas and skip it altogether. 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. However, an unexpected phone call at the last minute leads to a change in plans. Hilarity ensues, but the poignant conclusion is unforgettable. Grisham astutely captures the way many people spend the holiday season, from fighting the crowds to commenting on their neighbors' Christmas trees.

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.

A really neat book, with a heart-warming story. Good modern setting and good read for the holidays.

Do NOT compair this to the lame movie version that came out a few years ago. This is an unexpected offering from John Grisham, and a good one. Enjoy!

I love this book, I read it every Christmas. Its not a regular John Grisham book. Its a quick read that will make you laugh out loud and put you in the holiday spirit.

Loved this story. Very different from all the other books.

Hilarious and non-typical for John Grisham. Movie made from this book (Christmas with the Kranks? Something like that). Great short story about a couple that decides NOT to decorate their house for Christmas! HORRORS!

Quick, funny read. Reminds you what Christmas can really be about. And the neighborhood characters are well-written.

Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded malls, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That's just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they'll skip the holiday altogether. Theirs will be the only house on Hemlock Street without a rooftop Frosty; they won't be hosting their annual Christmas Eve bash; they aren't even going to have a tree. They won't need one, because come December 25 they're setting sail on a Carribean cruise. But, as this weary couple is about to discover, skipping Christmas brings enormous consequences-and isn't half as easy as they'd imagined...

Reading "Skipping Christmas" you'll get everything you'd ask for if you want to be entertained or just having a fun time while reading a book. John Grisham showed once again his capabilities of being one of the most entertaining and easy-read authors. The best thing with this book is not only that it's entertaining, like most of his other books, but that it's full of humour and sarcasm. A really good and entertaining story about a couple that decides to skip Christmas and the resistance and doubt they meet among their friends and neighbors.

Great author.

"Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded malls, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That's just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decided that , just this once, they'll skip the holiday altogether. Theirs will be the only house on Hemlock St. without a rooftop Frosty; they won't be hosting their annual Christmas Eve bash; they aren't even going to have a gree. They won't need one, because come Dec. 25 they're setting sail on a Caribbean cruise. But as this weary couple is about to discover, skipping Christmas brings enormous consequences - and isn't half as easy as they'd imagined" - excerpt from cover.