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As the Christmas season nears with a definite lack of snow to get people into the holiday spirit, he is reminded of a similar year when he was a ten-year-old boy growing up in the early part of the 1960's. His reminiscences turn into a daydream while he sits at his desk in the back of the empty store. He's returned to a disastrous, calamity filled holiday season. When snow finally came that year long ago, the first flakes started falling as James stared out the window of his fifth-grade class on the seventeenth of December. They were the harbingers of the worst storm to hit the city in over thirty years, setting in motion a series of events and calamities in the Kelly household. These included the mistaken arrest of James father, the near death experience of his slow-talking uncle thanks to an overzealous snow plow operator, and the Christmas surprise for his mother that ends in the Christmas turkey looking like it has been part of the opening wave on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, and more. For James' father Charles, the events that unfold bring him face to face with his own holiday miracle, in which he finds himself understanding that fatherhood involves more than just being the breadwinner. The Plight Before Christmas is written with the same sense of wit and whimsy that Kirkland brought to his earlier books and his syndicated humor column, which ran in Canadian and American newspapers from 1994-2007. This story is suitable for older YA readers and adults who would like to remember the feelings of anticipation waiting for that one all important morning of the year. W. Bruce Cameron, the author of Eight Simple Rules For Dating My Teenage Daughter, A Dog's Purpose, Emory's Gift and more says, A wonderful, nostalgic look at a simpler time and place, The Plight Before Christmas will appeal to fans of A Christmas Story. You don't just read about this family--you live with them as they fumble and stumble to a hilarious holiday. Syndicated Columnist and Blogger (Lost In Suburbia) and author (Rebel Without A Minivan) Tracy Beckerman says The Plight Before Christmas is misnamed. It should be called The Gift Before Christmas because this magical story is the best gift you can give or receive for the holidays","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50382632878353,"sku":"CIN1461188989VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51027573145873,"sku":"NIN9781461188988","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1461188989.jpg?v=1751084759"},{"product_id":"crossbow-book-gordon-kirkland-9781460947937","title":"Crossbow","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51027531727121,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51027535397137,"sku":"NIN9781460947937","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1460947932.jpg?v=1750988930"},{"product_id":"justice-is-blind-and-her-dog-just-peed-in-my-cornflakes-book-gordon-kirkland-9781550171983","title":"Justice is Blind - and Her Dog Just Peed in My Cornflakes","description":"From \"surviving ground zero in the nuclear family,\" to \"feeling fear at the Fall Fair,\" to \"quelling a taste for champagne on a tap-water budget,\" Gordon Kirkland writes about survival - survival in the '90s, that is.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Looking back, Kirkland acknowledges his life has always been filled with laughter. He comes from a family who was like \"Monty Python's Flying Circus meets Rowan \u0026amp; Martin's Laugh-in.\" It's no surprise then, that he was able to meet tragedy in his life - three debilitating car accidents within four years - with determination, courage and good humour. In the years following his accidents, laughter helped Kirkland cope with the stress and pain of his slow and difficult recovery, and the knowledge that he would not be able to walk again without the assistance of forearm crutches. Laughter also gave him the inspiration he needed to start writing stories about his own life, and the desire to share them with others.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Just five years after becoming a syndicated columnist, Kirkland published his first collection of humour. \u003ci\u003eJustice is Blind--And Her Dog Just Peed in My Cornflakes\u003c\/i\u003e contains nearly four years of the best of Kirkland's newspaper column \"At Large.\" Here is his uproarious and hilarious outlook on such celebrated topics as \"married bliss\" (not always an oxymoron), legal interpretations for parents of teenagers (\"readers will be pleased to know that asking a teenager to set and\/or clear the table doesn't constitute an affront to their civil liberties\"), the habits of \"commutus obnoxiousi,\" (more commonly known as Other Drivers), and the difficulties of buying a simple cup of coffee (\"the plain old run-of-the-mill cup of coffee should be put on the endangered species list\"). Always honest, always irreverent, Kirkland strives to give his readers the opportunity to laugh with him, at him, and hopefully, at themselves.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51037263233297,"sku":"NIN9781550171983","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51329605173521,"sku":"CIN1550171984G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52666270646545,"sku":"NLS9781550171983","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52764240019729,"sku":"CIN1550171984VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1550171984.jpg?v=1751181411"},{"product_id":"holly-jolly-frivolity-book-gordon-kirkland-9781461088424","title":"Holly Jolly Frivolity","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51097752011025,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51097754861841,"sku":"NIN9781461088424","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1461088429.jpg?v=1751115960"},{"product_id":"i-may-be-big-but-i-didn-t-cause-that-solar-eclipse-book-gordon-kirkland-9781434309464","title":"I May Be Big But I Didn't Cause That Solar Eclipse","description":"I May Be Big But I Didn't Cause That Solar Eclipse is award-winning Canadian humorist Gordon Kirkland's fifth book. 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