Celebrate Simply: Your Guide to Simpler, More Meaningful Holidays and Special Occasions5 reviews
Nancy Twigg

Counting the Cost Publications, 2003

Recapture the spirit of special celebrations and holidays

+ Emphasis on the person-to-person connections that holidays are truly all about.
+ Get the latest edition
+ take a big breath
+ Celebrate Simply
  
  











  



  
A Christmas Carol (Original B&W Version)239 reviews
Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison

VCI Video, 1999

A Classic

+ The best version I am aware of.
+ One of my favorites.
+ My Christmas favorite
  
  











  



  
The Annotated Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol in Prose16 reviews
Charles Dickens, Michael Patrick Hearn

W. W. Norton & Company, 2003

A Must Have for Christmas Carol Fans

+ Everyone's favorite christmas story, expanded and expounded.
+ BEST CHRISTMAS STORY EVER, and Dickens' Most Beloved Work, Reproduced Faithfully
+ Must Read for True Fans!
  
  











  



  
Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas (Stories Behind Books)13 reviews
Ace Collins

Zondervan, 2001

A great gift

+ Inspire Your Heart and Mind

I heard Ace Collins on a radio show talking about his book and sharing some of the stories/origins behind many of my favorite Christmas songs, both sacred and secular. Not only did I want the book for myself, but decided it would make a great gift, especially for people in my life who have ...
  
  











  



  
The Complete Tightwad Gazette212 reviews
Amy Dacyczyn

Villard, 1998

Had to Own My Own Copy

+ Well worth it...
+ Love this book
+ Indespensible, Essential, Entertaining Book
  
  











  



  
Kicking Your Holiday Stress Habits1 review
Donald A. Tubesing, Nancy Loving Tubesing

Whole Person Associates, 1996

obvious & odd

Well, this is a tiny little book, about 3" x 2". It goes from page to page, listing a bad thing about "holidays" (although it seems obvious almost immediately that by holidays they mean Christmas) on one page, and a good thing on the facing page. The only thing is, the things they list from page ...
  
  











  



  
Hundred Dollar Holiday: The Case For A More Joyful Christmas7 reviews
Bill McKibben

Simon & Schuster, 1998

Thought-provoking

+ Succinct but worth reading
+ A gentle nudge for a different holiday now
+ Excellent feel-good book - wish it was longer....
  
  











  



  
Debt Proof Your Holidays4 reviews
Mary E. Hunt

St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1997

Easy to read, easy to apply....

+ Another good book from Mary!!
+ Fabulous!

Mary Hunt, editor and publisher of The Cheapskate Monthly newsletter, has taken up the challenge of helping her readers find ways to celebrate the holidays without facing the New Year strapped with unnecessary consumer-related debt. Hunt takes her readers through a step-by-step plan for a ...
  
  











  



  
Unplug the Christmas Machine: A Complete Guide to Putting Love and Joy Back into the Season13 reviews
Jo Robinson, Jean C. Staeheli

Harper Paperbacks, 1991

Unplug the Christmas Machine

+ If I just buy enough...
+ If I just buy enough...
+ celebrate intentionally
+ Applies to all
  
  











  



  
Simplify Your Christmas: 100 Ways to Reduce the Stress and Recapture the Joy of the Holidays (Elaine St. ...13 reviews
Elaine St. James

Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1998

Simplify Your Christmas, hardcover

+ Some good ideas
+ easier holiday

I'm going to read this book before the holiday season ends--or at least before Valentine's Day! I've skimmed through it and find its message reasonable and compelling. Enough already! Let's simplify these holidays that do not have to be paragons of perfection, sugar plums of plenty. The holidays ...
  
  











  



  
The Annotated Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol in Prose16 reviews
Charles Dickens, Michael Patrick Hearn

W. W. Norton & Company, 2003

A Must Have for Christmas Carol Fans

+ Everyone's favorite christmas story, expanded and expounded.
+ BEST CHRISTMAS STORY EVER, and Dickens' Most Beloved Work, Reproduced Faithfully
+ Must Read for True Fans!
  
  











  



  
Unplug the Christmas Machine: A Complete Guide to Putting Love and Joy Back into the Season13 reviews
Jo Robinson, Jean C. Staeheli

Harper Paperbacks, 1991

Unplug the Christmas Machine

+ If I just buy enough...
+ If I just buy enough...
+ celebrate intentionally
+ Applies to all
  
  











  



  
A Christmas Carol (Original B&W Version)239 reviews
Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison

VCI Video, 1999

A Classic

+ The best version I am aware of.
+ One of my favorites.
+ My Christmas favorite
  
  











  



  
Kicking Your Holiday Stress Habits1 review
Donald A. Tubesing, Nancy Loving Tubesing

Whole Person Associates, 1996

obvious & odd

Well, this is a tiny little book, about 3" x 2". It goes from page to page, listing a bad thing about "holidays" (although it seems obvious almost immediately that by holidays they mean Christmas) on one page, and a good thing on the facing page. The only thing is, the things they list from page ...
  
  











  



  
The Complete Tightwad Gazette212 reviews
Amy Dacyczyn

Villard, 1998

Had to Own My Own Copy

+ Well worth it...
+ Love this book
+ Indespensible, Essential, Entertaining Book
  
  











  



  
Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas (Stories Behind Books)13 reviews
Ace Collins

Zondervan, 2001

A great gift

+ Inspire Your Heart and Mind

I heard Ace Collins on a radio show talking about his book and sharing some of the stories/origins behind many of my favorite Christmas songs, both sacred and secular. Not only did I want the book for myself, but decided it would make a great gift, especially for people in my life who have ...
  
  











  



  
Celebrate Simply: Your Guide to Simpler, More Meaningful Holidays and Special Occasions5 reviews
Nancy Twigg

Counting the Cost Publications, 2003

Recapture the spirit of special celebrations and holidays

+ Emphasis on the person-to-person connections that holidays are truly all about.
+ Get the latest edition
+ take a big breath
+ Celebrate Simply
  
  











  



  
Hundred Dollar Holiday: The Case For A More Joyful Christmas7 reviews
Bill McKibben

Simon & Schuster, 1998

Thought-provoking

+ Succinct but worth reading
+ A gentle nudge for a different holiday now
+ Excellent feel-good book - wish it was longer....
  
  











  



  
Debt Proof Your Holidays4 reviews
Mary E. Hunt

St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1997

Easy to read, easy to apply....

+ Another good book from Mary!!
+ Fabulous!

Mary Hunt, editor and publisher of The Cheapskate Monthly newsletter, has taken up the challenge of helping her readers find ways to celebrate the holidays without facing the New Year strapped with unnecessary consumer-related debt. Hunt takes her readers through a step-by-step plan for a ...
  
  











  



  
Simplify Your Christmas: 100 Ways to Reduce the Stress and Recapture the Joy of the Holidays (Elaine St. ...13 reviews
Elaine St. James

Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1998

Simplify Your Christmas, hardcover

+ Some good ideas
+ easier holiday

I'm going to read this book before the holiday season ends--or at least before Valentine's Day! I've skimmed through it and find its message reasonable and compelling. Enough already! Let's simplify these holidays that do not have to be paragons of perfection, sugar plums of plenty. The holidays ...