From the author of Pregnancy Sucks, the newest book from Joanne Kimes,Christmas Sucks: What to Do When Fruitcake, Family, and Finding the Perfect Gift Make You Miserable
I highly recommend this book to anyone who gets overstressed at the holidays – which is most of us. It will give you many laughs while giving tips to make the holiday less stressful. I don’t recommend it for the perfect Martha Stewart/Bree VanDeCamp types, you may not find it as funny…ha ha ha! At only $8.96 (Amazon.com), this book would also make a perfect holiday gift for your fellow holiday-stressed friends.
You can read my full review HERE.
I’m also giving away a copy to one lucky reader!
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Looks like a good book!
I’d love a little laughter right now!
What stresses me out about the holidays is the pressure to shop, shop shop.
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Looks like a good book! This is my first married Christmas and I am stressed out about trying to get in time with all of our families and not making anyone (and by anyone, I mean my mother in law) upset.
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What stresses me out is how busy I always seem to be in the run-up to the holidays, and not from things like shopping or wrapping gifts! I’d like to have more time to enjoy the spirit of the season.
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getting the perfect gifts!
wrapping presents sucks!
I hate trying to get Christmas cards mailed on time. I’ve sent them out in January more than once!
Expectations of extended family. Living at a distance, we need to be everywhere for the big days … so we just don’t go anywhere.
What is stressing me out this year is that we just purchased our first home last week and it has boxes everywhere! I also have 3 small kids, holidays to plan, decorations to put up, oh, my list goes on and on….
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Deciding which family to spend Christmas with always stresses me out!
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Looks like an interesting book. What stresses me out the most is when I agree with people that we won’t swap gifts and then they get me a gift anyway. Then I have to figure out if I get them something in return or just be thankful that they got me something.
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What stresses me out about the holidays is setting the dates and details for our family holiday get-together. For some reasaon, it is very difficult to make the plans without offending someone–every year it happens!
what stresses me out the most is finding gifts for everyone within our budget.
Biggest holiday stressor- In laws! What do you buy the in laws? Hubby is no help and they simply buy everything they want! I feel like a cop out everytime I give pictures but, what else is there???
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Buying gifts for my entire family (I have 5 sisters) and making sure I get things they like, on a budget, stresses me out the most!
What stresses me the most is having to undecorate when everything it over. I hate having to pack everthing up.
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My boyfriends family! lol everytime they come over, something ends up getting broke, destroyed. over thanksgiving his mom almost burnt my house down burning things in the oven….
Just trying to get everything done in a timely manner-get the house ready, decorations up, cards out, presents bought…all of it! thanks
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from your review: “using the 800 number through frucall.com to get comparable prices while shopping” – never knew about that, but it sounds interesting, thanks! My husband is a Christmas scrooge, so this book would make him laugh, too!
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Hoping from house to house (family to family) on Christmas Day stresses me out!!! But it’s wonderful all the same. haha!
Thank you for the wonderful giveaway!!!
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I worry about running out of food for my guests. Thanks for the chance.
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I get seriously stressed out during the holidays because my husband goes overseas each year and my son and I have to keep our business going, working 6 days a week and plus getting the shopping done along with making gifts and getting everything ready for guests.
thanks for sharing. looks like a fun read
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More like what does NOT stress me out during the holidays?! I am the type of person who wants everyone at my house, have the perfect gift, the best food that everyone loves, I want my house spankin’ clean, all of it! To top it off, my daughter has a birthday a few days after Christmas, so there we go all over again…
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thanks for sharing
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thanks again
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carolyn s
What stresses me out the most is trying to see four families for two different holidays within two days or so!
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Still a little stressed over completing Christmas gifts. Three more quilts to finish.
Sounds like just the right humor I need this time of year.
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What don’t stress me out? I stress about “still paying for last Christmas” Decking the halls, when I really want to deck Santa, Trying to create a Normon Rockwell Christmas on a Ebineezer Scrooge budget! But oh don’t we all try to put the “J” in joy for all our loved ones. I just wish there was a way to time warp through Christmas…my luck it won’t even snow!
I get stressed out with finding the perfect gift for the husband!
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For me, it is shopping and traveling. We don’t own a car and rely on public transit which can be very stressful around the holidays, especially when we are already running late.
The only thing that stresses me about the holidays is the fact that it’s winter! All the ice and snow, crazy drivers on the road and lots of people travelling…. It’s nerve wracking!
Thanks for the great contest
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What stresses me out is shopping. Even shopping for groceries is more hectic, everyone is out fighting over the best bargain or last toy.
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When my husband says he will take of a gift, and then mentions he has not done anything about it .
“Yeah, I’ll pick up something for my mom.” Which actually means – you can figure out something at the last minute.
Coming up with the money to pay for it.
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Putting up my holidays displays
inlaws
just kidding – actually just get tugged in every direction to be with everyone all on the same day it seems.
thanks for the chance!
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Finances stress me out the most duirng the holidays.
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I could use the laughs!
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Trying to find the right gift for everyone, that s what stresses me out
No doubt about it. Spending time with extended family stresses me out.
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What doesn’t….. ???
I try and stay focused on the meaning of Christmas- but the clutter, cost and frantic activities try and intrude…..
Karo
What stresses me out the absolute very most about the holidays, is the fact that the media, and peers, are inundating my children with messages of buy! buy! buy! when all I want for them is to understand what a wonderful thing Christmas really can be if you find the true meaning and story behind it. We are working on it!
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