false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255645255m/6548291.jpg 6548291 3 You've eaten too much candy at Christmas...but have you ever eaten the face off a six-foot stuffed Santa? You've seen gingerbread houses...but have you ever made your own gingerbread tenement? You've woken up with a hangover...but have you ever woken up next to Kris Kringle himself? Augusten Burroughs has, and in this caustically funny, nostalgic, poignant, and moving collection he recounts Christmases past and present—as only he could. With gimlet-eyed wit and illuminated prose, Augusten shows how the holidays bring out the worst in us and sometimes, just sometimes, the very, very best. 6740762 book 27 10 2009 You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas total:143|5:28|4:44|3:50|2:20|1:1| 143 507 593 50 4 0 false false Wed Nov 25 09:29:01 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 09:29:09 -0800 2009
The stories are full of the wry wit that is found in much of the rest of his work, but I thought that the tales didn't float quite as well. In his earlier...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 17:12:34 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 21:14:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 20:14:32 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 21:03:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 12:18:21 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 12:25:33 -0800 2009 Jean Shepherd's IN GOD WE TRUST ALL OTHERS PAY CASH (the basis for the film A CHRISTMAS STORY) and David Sedaris' HOLIDAYS ON ICE this is quite possibly the most hysterical collection of Christmas tales ever published.

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"If you get me that for Christmas? You'd also have to get me a Zippo lighter, just like the one you have."
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