Review: A Very Holly Christmas
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 8, 2011
This is a very short story that precedes an excerpt from the author's newest Christmas book, The Nine Lives of Christmas.  Formatting was fine on my Kindle.Although short, this is a sweet story of a husband and wife who are exact opposites when it comes to their attitudes about Christmas.  Joy's husband, formerly known as Bob Humbug, was consulting with Joy on the number of guests for their Christmas party.  He agreed to the guest list, which was something new.  This was quite strange, considering he liked nothing about Christmas.  Bob was a writer and his career had started to take off.  Joy noticed a story laying on his desk titled "The Holiday Bash" but she didn't like the little summary that was written beneath the title.  Bob said he was a changed man, but was that just a lie?Joy had planned all the Christmas decorating this year, inside and out, and went shopping for the decorations that she needed.  When she returned, she was mortified.  Bob and the boys were hard at work on the roof and in the yard.  As Joy walked around the front yard, she walked past a Rudolph that belched as she passed him.  In the kitchen were anatomically correct gingerbread boys that they had baked.What a Christmas this was turning out to be!If you're in the Christmas spirit and like short stories about the holiday, you should enjoy this one written by Sheila Roberts. It only takes a few minutes to read, and it will give you a few laughs amidst the Christmas chaos.