I'M Dreaming of a Black Christmas Hardcover - 2010
by Black, Lewis
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From Lewis Black, the uproarious and perpetually apoplectic New York Times-bestselling author and Daily Show regular, comes a ferociously funny book about his least favorite holiday, Christmas.
For most people, Christmas is a time of peace and goodwill. But most people are not Lewis Black. Like Dickens's most famous curmudgeon, Black says Humbug! to carols, holiday dinners, Christmas trees, decked halls, and boughs of holly. In I'm Dreaming of a Black Christmas, he dares to celebrate the holiday season the only way he knows how: by letting loose on all things Yule.
From Thanksgiving, when the holiday really begins, through Christmas Eve, when Black takes a moment to determine who in his life has been naughty (nearly everyone), to the saga of his annual visits to friends and their families every Christmas Day, the comedian reveals his most harrowing and hilarious holiday moments, not only inspiring laughter but also bringing into focus the true reason we gather together at this time of year.
All new, and sure to delight fans both new and old, I'm Dreaming of a Black Christmas is an instant holiday classic: funny, razor-sharp, the insightful, and quintessential Lewis Black.
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Details
- Title I'M Dreaming of a Black Christmas
- Author Black, Lewis
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition; First Printing
- Condition New
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Riverhead Books, New York
- Date 2010
- Bookseller's Inventory # 68616
- ISBN 9781594487750 / 1594487758
- Weight 0.66 lbs (0.30 kg)
- Dimensions 8.31 x 5.53 x 0.8 in (21.11 x 14.05 x 2.03 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Christmas, American wit and humor
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010025846
- Dewey Decimal Code 814.6
Summary
From Lewis Black, the uproarious and perpetually apoplectic New York Times-bestselling author and Daily Show regular, comes a ferociously funny book about his least favorite holiday, Christmas.
Christmas is supposed to be a time of peace on earth and goodwill toward all. But not for Lewis Black.
He says humbug to the Christmas tradtitions and trappings that make the holiday memorable. In I'm Dreaming of a Black Christmas, his hilarious and sharply observed book about the holiday, Lewis lets loose on all things Yule. It's a very personal look at what's wrong with Christmas, seen through the eyes of "the most engagingly pissed-off comedian ever."*
From his own Christmas rituals—which have absolutely nothing to do with presents or the Christmas tree or Rudolph—to his own eccentric experiences with the holiday (from a USO Christmas tour to playing Santa Claus in full regalia), I'm Dreaming of a Black Christmas is classic Lewis Black: funny, razor-sharp, insightful, and honest.
You'll never think of Christmas in the same way.
*Stephen King