Christmas at The New Yorker: Stories, Poems, Humor, and Art (ISBN 1400063418)

The Time of the Season:
With all the hoopla that comes with the Christmas shopping season, everybody needs a short respite. What better way to do it than to pick up a book, or better yet, give a book that reflects the holiday season? The New Yorker partners with Random House with CHRISTMAS AT THE NEW YORKER: STORIES, POEMS, HUMOR, AND ART and rolls out a collection of the magazine's humorous cartoons, poems and essays about the Christmas holiday season -- the fun and headaches that many have grown accustomed to. Indeed, the book takes a poignant and satirical look at Christmas with contributions from literary legends, such as John Updike, H.L. Mencken, John Cheever, E.B. White, or contemporary favorites, Garrison Keillor and Robert Pinsky. And one of the most honorable mentions of the book is James Thurber's rewriting of Clement Moore's poem, which is done in the voice of Hemingway. CHRISTMAS AT THE NEW YORKER reflects upon the Christmas season. According to Updike, The New Yorker captures the essence of the holiday from a cosmopolitan perspective. Nevertheless, all gamuts of the holiday season are shown and told from the tinsel on the tree, the sheep in the nativity scene, and to the hoards of crowds at the shopping mall. For every reader that has experienced the busiest holiday season of the year, it will trigger a particular recollection of a Christmas past. Regardless of when the stories were written, there is a timeless quality to each story that will allow readers to read them more than once. CHRISTMAS AT THE NEW YORKER will delight readers who occasionally read the magazine as well as anyone who wants a good chuckle from the many cartoons and stories that covet the pages of the book. So, leave the book on the coffee table for holiday enjoyment.