Genre: Essays

I admit it - I judged this one based on the cover. It was cute and Christmassy and the library had the audio available for download, so I picked it up. I thought it'd be a fun, light short listen. It was short, but I think I just must not connect well with the authors. This is the only thing I've read by the mother-daughter team, and I don't think I'll be searching out more. Other reviewers apparently love them and this short collection of re-printed essays- I am definitely in the minority. I guess they were good enough stories, trying to give the "real meaning" of the holidays, but I just couldn't relate. I liked the one about inviting the neighbor to Thanksgiving, but the "Guilt Trip" annoyed me,  as did the one about dog sweaters or something. They just seemed mostly pointless, but I guess they were just short essays, so maybe didn't really need a p0int. I didn't...