Ebook , by Hank Stuever
Ebook , by Hank Stuever
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, by Hank Stuever
Ebook , by Hank Stuever
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File Size: 1580 KB
Print Length: 345 pages
Publisher: Mariner Books; Reprint edition (October 14, 2009)
Publication Date: October 14, 2009
Language: English
ASIN: B0030V0PG0
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By a gifted writer who would love to love Christmas but just can't get beyond his intellect and the massive mountain of material he has collected to prove there's nothing spiritual left after all the spending has subsided. I'm writing this at 12:30 am on Christmas morning 2018. I've been to a Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at my church and I can tell you with certainty there is life and truth beyond the tinsel and tawdry commercialization he describes so accurately. He's convinced himself that's all there is because, as a reporter, he keeps asking, "Show me and I'll believe?" - when the giver of the real Christmas says "No, believe and I'll show you."
I think this book was just terrific! Hank Stuever is a journalist for the Washington Post who takes 14 months off from the newspaper to immerse himself in the culture of Frisco, Texas and pays particular attention to the way Christmas is celebrated there. He follows the lives of three families in the area and how they deal with all the Christmas "stuff". A single mom with three kids, a childless couple, and a typical suburban family with mom, dad and two kids have their lives laid open for us as we get to see how they go about "doing" Christmas.This book appealed to me on my fronts. First of all, the town I live in is similar to Frisco - a fairly affluent suburb of a major city which is struggling to create a sense of itself as a separate town. I could really relate to his story of people giving you directions using stores as the landmarks (in my case, turn right at the Starbucks, just past the Kroger). Secondly, I am very, very split on my feelings around Christmas. Part of me absolutely loves it all and enjoys the music, food, festivities while the other part of me dreads the whole season. I usually end up feeling exhausted and promising myself to do it differently next year. As he examines how these three families deal with everything as well as a fairly introspective look at his own feelings about the season, I found myself with those light bulb moments where I realized I was not alone in my thinking. While the author describes himself as a cynic, I found him to be largely fair and balanced and a joy to read.This book is definitely not a light, easy, feel-good book about the season of Christmas, yet I found myself immersed in the book and read it all in a 24-hour period. A truly enjoyable read.
Interesting documentary about Christmas hype and how certain people feed into it. In my opinion, they are the problem, the reason Christmas has gotten out of control
I really wish Amazon let you do half stars because this is, in truth, 3.5 I really liked some parts, but others were just OK.I have an odd relationship with Christmas. Christmas in our house looks a lot like Thanksgiving, just with more presents. But I hate shopping. HATE. Yet somehow, I was drawn to this book. To the author’s writing. To the people he met. After finishing the book. it was a pleasant surprise to find the photos of the people he spent Christmas with. I was way off in my mental images, but it was nice to put faces to the names. Speaking of names, I find it amazing and generous how these folks welcomed him into their homes and their lives. While Stuever wrote at length about the growth of Frisco, it’s still very much Smalltown, USA in that respect. He came to know these people, their families, their friends. He nearly became one of them.In addition to looking for “Christmasâ€, I think the author had more than a little quest to look for “Americaâ€. Frisco, TX, land of the McMansions isn’t America any more than Jesus is the Reason for the Season describes the true American Christmas, but the author did well to try and tie both extremes together. Of those people he met: Carroll the shopaholic tither and her family, Tammie and her Hottie Elves and the Trykoskis and their lights, it was the Trykoskis I liked the most because they seemed to show me more about what Christmas is. I didn’t like Carroll and her family — although I felt them to be a good example of Shop ’til You Drop Spoiled America. Sure, Tammie decorated clients’ houses for Christmas – but that didn’t make her Santa any more than a normal interior designer. Jeff T was paid for his work in Frisco Square, but he did his own house – and the city – out of his own interest and passion.At one point he wrote, "The Christmas lifestyle as most Americans know and celebrate it is only about a century and a half old, a straight line from Charles Dickens to Martha Stewart"I had to chuckle at this — because the Christmas that the author found in Frisco isn’t the Christmas I’ve seen in the Northeast. Multiple themed trees? Prelit trees? Worrying about whether a neighbor’s house and Christmas is “Christ-centeredâ€? Never mind Frisco’s obsession with Snow Powder and the Israelis who sell it.I like how he used his journalistic background to mix in reporting with his story telling. The facts he reported on retail figures, economic growth and contraction, the history of Christmas (more Halloween then Jesus) and suburb development provided a nice back drop to the people without taking away from them. It made for substance to go with the fluff.The same could be said for the religious aspects that he discussed. While an American christmas can be religion fee, I’m not sure the same could be said for a Texas Christmas. All in all, a very good read even if it slowed down at parts.
Read this my first Christmas in Texas- it made me laugh out loud a number of times and added a fun dynamic to the season. I now bring it to any gift exchange, and often give it to people who have just moved here.It's a bit preachy at times, but the author has just enough self-deprecation that you forgive him for it. It adds a new perspective on the Christmas Season.
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