An Almost Perfect Christmas

 Shirley J.        Adult Comical look at herself and her family during Christmas      Christmas Craziness       

An Almost Perfect Christmas by Nina Stibbe   192 pages      

Nina Stibbe brings you into life with her and her family during Christmas.   So many tales of how the holidays can go wrong but how you can put the right spin on it and survive it anyway.   A good writer with lots of humor to share from Christmas dinner (her mother is a fanatic about  trying to get the turkey to stay moist (she hates dry turkey!) to re-gifting.   Nina captures the fun and the fury that often arises during the happiest stressful time of the year.   I recommend this one to teens on up.  Nina is English and talks about many English traditions, food, etc. that may not be familiar to all, but, she has a glossary in the back to explain terms and people not necessarily familiar to American holiday traditions.