Product Description

So - 'tis the season to be jolly is it? Well, not in the household of the Grumpy Old Man it isn't. In the case of the GOM, 'tis the season to have to put up with even deeper layers of vexation than usual, and the only thing worth celebrating is that it looks as though you might after all be surviving to the end of what has been another crap year. Everything about Christmas gets up our snitches. Everything. From the breakfast telly presenters who tell us it's now just 120 shopping days to go, to the annual festive strike by airport baggage handlers. From office parties where drunken juniors have waited the whole year to tell you what 'the trouble with you is...', to parents videoing their precocious brats at the atrocious school nativity play where your kid is playing the part of the donkey's rear end. From the woman next door who drops in to show your wife the diamond ring her prat of a husband has bought her, to the 150th opportunity to see 'Whistle Down the Wind' on the telly. And speaking of wind, there's the festive Xmas turkey that tastes like blotting paper soaked in a puddle and sends your digestive system to hell. And how on earth are we really supposed to look happy when someone buys us a tie with a picture of xxxxing Santa on it? Eh?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #141090 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-28
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 208 pages

About the Author
Stuart Prebble has a distinguished career in television. A former chief executive of ITV, he set up Liberty Bell as an independent television production company in 2002.

Customer Reviews

Funny and true!
I don't usually comment on anything until i've finished it, but i'm enjoying this soo much i had to review it! From the tv series grumpy old men, it looks at christmas from a grumpy man's point of view. Although it is funny, some of it is true and even i, who loves christmas, have agreed with some of the things in here. I can also think of a few people who this reminds me of! A great read and a good idea for those who you haven't really got a clue to get for!

Hilarious!
Really enjoyable read. Annoyed the family by laughing out loud on nearly every other page.