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Celebrate Simply: Your Guide to Simpler, More Meaningful Holidays and Special Occasions 5 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
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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
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The Annotated Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol in Prose 16 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!
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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 ...
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The Complete Tightwad Gazette 212 reviews Amy Dacyczyn
Villard, 1998
Had to Own My Own Copy
+ Well worth it... + Love this book + Indespensible, Essential, Entertaining Book
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Kicking Your Holiday Stress Habits 1 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 ...
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Hundred Dollar Holiday: The Case For A More Joyful Christmas 7 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....
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Debt Proof Your Holidays 4 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 ...
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Unplug the Christmas Machine: A Complete Guide to Putting Love and Joy Back into the Season 13 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
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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 ...
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The Annotated Christmas Carol: A Christmas Carol in Prose 16 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!
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Unplug the Christmas Machine: A Complete Guide to Putting Love and Joy Back into the Season 13 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
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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
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Kicking Your Holiday Stress Habits 1 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 ...
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The Complete Tightwad Gazette 212 reviews Amy Dacyczyn
Villard, 1998
Had to Own My Own Copy
+ Well worth it... + Love this book + Indespensible, Essential, Entertaining Book
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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 ...
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Celebrate Simply: Your Guide to Simpler, More Meaningful Holidays and Special Occasions 5 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
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Hundred Dollar Holiday: The Case For A More Joyful Christmas 7 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....
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Debt Proof Your Holidays 4 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 ...
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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 ...
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