num_pages: 206
description: Youve eaten too much candy at Christmasbut have you ever eaten the face off a six-footstuffed Santa? Youve seen gingerbread housesbut have you ever made your own gingerbread tenement? Youve woken up with a hangoverbut have you ever woken up next to Kris Kringle himself? Augusten Burroughs has and in this caustically funny nostalgic poignant and moving collection he recounts Christmases past and presentas only he could. With gimleteyed wit and illuminated prose Augusten shows how the holidays bring out the worst in us and sometimes just sometimes the very very best.You better not cry --And two eyes made out of coal --Claus and effect --Ask again later --Why do you reward me thus --The best and only everything --Silent night
language: English
title: You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas
publisher: St. Martin's Press