Thanksgiving and Christmas will be here before you know it, which means family, which means entertaining. BOOKGASM is here to help! With thanks to Hachette Book Group, we’re giving away five full sets of the following five holiday titles:
• HOLIDAYS ON ICE by David Sedaris
• I LIKE YOU: HOSPITALITY UNDER THE INFLUENCE by Amy Sedaris
• FESTIVUS by Allen Salkin
• KATIE BROWN CELEBRATES: SIMPLE AND SPECTACULAR PARTIES ALL YEAR ROUND by Katie Brown
• THE FLAVOR BIBLE: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO CULINARY CREATIVITY by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg
Here’s what you have to do to be entered in the random drawing:
1. In the comments for this post, let us know who you’re least looking forward to seeing this holiday season, and why. (Post a photo and get your name entered twice!)
2. After that, e-mail us your name and mailing address. You must be a resident of the U.S. or Canada; no P.O. boxes.
We’ll announce the winner on Friday, Nov. 14, or you can always just buy them on Amazon.
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my motherinlaw- witch- drama queen, pia
I don’t want to have my brother-in-law ever again. He has a driniking problem and somehow always ends up sneaking alcohol – ruining everyone’s day. Hope he gets some help SOON
I had to stretch to think of anyone I don’t want to see. We’ll be driving a couple hundred miles over the holiday, so I really hope we don’t see the snow plow man.
I most hate looking forward to seeing my coworkers. I spend all my time with them anyway, the last thing I want to do is work at Christmas.
This is my first christmas divorced and my kids will be with their father on christmas day!
Guess it would have to be my own face in the mirror, since that’s the only human visage I’ll be seeing all day, more than likely.
I won’t be seeing any of my family for the holidays as I live a long ways from them so don’t really have anyone I don’t look forward to seeing.
Creepy holiday party guest. Can’t be too specific in case they’re still stalking me.
I’m not looking forward to seeing my daughter sulking around the house during Xmas vacation because school is out. It will be a challenge to keep her busy and entertained!
This is my first Christmas without my parents, although I’ll be with my husband and son its just not the same.
I’ll tell you who I am not looking forward to seeing this holiday season. The same person I dread seeing every year. The overstuffed, overstressed, and overbudget version of me! I swear, I think I diet the rest of the year just so that I can let go during those holiday dinners haha.
Spending the night at Heathrow Airport, and schlepping tons presents for a half dozens people through three different customs agents and airports.
How do you add an image?
A dishful of dirty dishes (I don’t have a dishwasher), that’s what I’m NOT looking forward to seeing. But with my loving family, I will most likely be spared that chore. After surviving nh lymphoma this year, it is a joy just to be with everyone!!
I don’t look forward to seeing the bill collectors who may be showing up at my door after I am through shopping. Also my boyfriends brother who never stops talking and takes drugs.
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My husband because he’s the one that drinks too much and puts the lamp shade on his head, it’s embarasing!
The mailman with the credit card biills.
I am least looking forward to having to sit with some particular in-laws at the xmas dinner. YUCK!
My husband’s ex because she’s like a bad penny and you never know when she’s going to turn up and try to make our lives miserable!
My husband’s 2 kids who are adults and still blame everything on their dad and the divorce!
I’m least looking forward to seeing two of my nieces – as young adults, they’ve become very self-centered and it usually makes me sad to see their selfish ways. But I’ll hope for a Christmas miracle!
Least looking forward to seeing the creepy fat santas wandering around. haha
I’m least looking forward to the abominable drive from the metro D.C. area to Williamsburg, VA where the parental units reside. I-95 South is a complete nightmare, always, and even worse around the holidays. But if I win these books, I’ll have something to read as I crawl along at (no kidding) 5mph. Thanks!
I’m least looking forward to seeing my future mother-in-law this holiday season. Without saying so, I know she doesn’t like me and never will. I’ve tried everything and give up. Her only child is almost 50 and she’s more concerned with keeping him a “mama’s boy” than with his happiness. Oh well!
This is a fuzzy photo, but I’ve “lost” my online photo album with 50th anniversary pictures:
*Thanks* for the giveaway!
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I’m looking forward to spending this holiday with my family who I don’t see very often my girlfriend and i could really use the books to read on the train ride from Baltimore Maryland to Newport news Virginia
I’m lucky – I won’t be seeing anyone I don’t want to this holiday season.
My brother-in-law.He drinks too much and thinks he’s a ladies man.
I’m lucky too…we don’t have any “family” around for the holidays..sometimes it is lonely but sometimes it’s good!!
If I have to chose teh people I’m least happy to see it would be my ex inlaws…who knew when i got divorced I’d get custody of them?? I apparently should have fought less???
I’m not looking forward to seeing my father-in-law and his family. They always have holiday “parties” but they’re such sober occasions in every sense of the word. The whole family is boring and subdued and there’s no drinking allowed. So I can’t even get drunk to make them seem lively!
The in-laws – but thats a given for most people isn’t it?
I guess that I’m the odd one out here since there isn’t anyone that I’m not looking forward to seeing this year. I love to spend time with my family and friends and take the good with the bad. It wouldn’t be much fun otherwise.
I don’t look forward to seeing George W. Bush on my tv, newspaper or internet. I enjoy my family and friends.
You’ve gotta be kidding!
Sarah Palin’s lingering.
I am looking forward to a visit from my best friend.
I have not seen her in five years, so I am happy.
Thank you!
janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
Am not looking forward to seeing my husbands ex-wife, we
had had what I thought was a friendly relationship, she was
the one who set us up as a couple after they split, we had
stayed in touch and usually stayed at her house when we go
to visit their grown daughter for holidays but this last year I discovered she has been manipulating us, and her daughter
and playing us off against one another with herself as the
martyr. Seems everyone knew but me and they didn’t have the
heart to tell me till it started to damage my marriage, now
not only am I upset, I feel like a fool, and everyone says
just go and stay with her and ignore what’s going on but I don’t want to do that, I don’t want to see her again, but
my husband and step-daughter say just ignore it and laugh
it off like they do. But you know, it’s not ok, and I am
not looking forward to having to see her or deal with her
again.
Whoever I have to sit next to on my Christmas Day flight from California to Florida. Please let me win so I’ll have an excuse not to make polite conversation!
I’m not looking forward to seeing the Salvation Army bell ringers. I know, that makes me evil, but those bells drive me crazy.
my boyfriends brother and sister, I have recently been black balled from his mothers side of the family due to a convicted child sex offender. We are going to his fathers side for the holidays. I am not ready for the glares and nasty comments.
In my senior yrs I want to see everybody but in my younger and middle years I didn’t like seeing my inlaws. They didn’t like me and would make fun of just about everything I did and/or said. And no, my ex-husband wouldn’t say a word to anyone. Now though my holidays are a lot different… peaceful and I really wished I had had more nerve years ago to speak up to all of them.
Anyone who knew me when I was extremely thin. lol!
My brother-in-law because he’s such a leech–always thinks he’s entitled to more than anyone else.
My least favorite moment is trying to decide what to get for the “hard to get for” people on my Christmas list. I love books!
Thanks for the opportunity to win!
My sister’s brother-in-law as he’s usually at their house when they have a get-together. He’s a real know-it-all wind-bag who thinks he’s better than everyone else, but just shows up where there’s food and drink and does nothing to contribute. Listening to him is like torture. Love the books and thank you for a chance to win! I could always read one while I’m putting up with him; maybe he’d take a hint.
I love to see my mother and I love to see my brother in law, but I hate to see them together. I don’t know what Mom has against him, but she’s not particularly good at controling her venom and it just gets really uncomfortable.
Has to be my mom this year as with my new baby she has so much “advice”..Hate is a strong word though..Its more that I just need to “prepare” for it… Yay for EggNog!
my brother, he’s just so full of @#$%
im not looking forward to seeing my grandma, we’re on the outs
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