Politically Correct Holiday Stories, James Finn Garner
Politically Correct Holiday Stories, James Finn Garner
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Politically Correct Holiday Stories
For An Enlightened Yultide Season

Author: James Finn Garner

Narrator: James Finn Garner

Abridged: 1 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/1995


Synopsis

The #1 bestselling author of Once Upon a More Enlightened Time reads his Politically Correct holiday gift.
Holiday tales have long delighted and entertained us, but until now they've always been burdened with society's skewed values and mores. Stories that reinforce the stifling class system (Dickens' A Christmas Carol), legitimize the stereotype of a merry, overweight patriarchal oppressor (Santa Claus in The Night Before Christmas) and justify the domestication and subjugation of wild animals (Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer) abound in the literature and lore of this season.
Now James Finn Garner has stepped in to revise and improve these familiar tales to free our social consciousness from the ghost of prejudice past. From the newly revised "Twas the Night Before Solstice" to "Rudolph the Nasally Empowered Reindeer," these stories rekindle the true holiday spirit and redefine the idea of "good will to all men" to include womyn, pre-adults and companion animals as well.
Yes, the international bestselling author of Politically Correct Bedtime Stories and Once Upon a More Enlightened Time is back again, to offer a holiday gift that will fit all sizes, welcome all persuasions and nonpersuasions, and be treasured for politically correct generations to come.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Gerry on November 14, 2021

I usually like to re-read 'A Christmas Carol' around Christmas each year. This time, instead of the Charles Dickens original (which I still might re-read), I have read James Finn Garner's politically correct version. The same message is presented but in quite a different way! In this version Scrooge......more

Goodreads review by Jason on January 15, 2023

Also found in this omnibus. Another difficult review to write. I'm going to try to do it without getting into my personal politics. I had so much running through my mind, but it doesn't belong here. (Not that I let that stop me usually, but I'm going to try this time). I don't play ball with politica......more

Goodreads review by Eric on June 06, 2008

A perfect addition to your Christmas, er, non-denominational, unoffensive, non-specific late-year celebrations.......more

Goodreads review by M0rfeus on January 31, 2008

Political Correctness has turned "the language of Kings James and Lear" (quote courtesy of Jay McInerney) into a hodgepodge of meaningless yet trendy words worthy of Orwell's 1984. This book satirizes the PC movement in regard to some of our traditional Christmas (pardon me, "Holiday") stories. My pe......more

Goodreads review by Linda on February 23, 2012

Witty, funny and very humorous.......more