A fanstastic notion (skipping the unnecessary marketing gimmick build-ups around Christmas, including decorations, donations to charities and tiresome, expensive party-going not to mention gift-giving) makes for the central plot of John Grisham's holiday novel.

The regular stuffed shirt managing partner at a top tax firm - Luther - and his maddened-by-the-need-for-doing-things-right wifey, Nora are the central characters of this light-hearted fictional work, which is a delightful departure from Grisham's legal thrillers. Heathenish as the idea of 'skipping Christmas' may be to the rest of the conventionally led minor characters in the novel, just the thought of being able to do away with all the inane commercialism of Christmas holidays is a compelling one for the protagonists, who decide to put all that holiday budget towards a cruise opportunity. 

But fate - or something like the Spirit of Christmas - takes over them on a roller-coaster ride of Murphy's Law situations (If something can go wrong - it will or something to the effect...), all of which are hilarously and graphically delineated by Grisham's remarkably funny penmanship in Skipping Christmas - bound to get you more than a few giggles and well-deserved chuckles if not haw-haws. 

Great airport read - or to beat the Monday blues!


P.S. I got this book among others, from IndiaPlaza as a reward point redemption - loved the free feel of it as much as the free-flowing humor!