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Unplug the Christmas Machine: A Complete Guide to Putting Love and Joy Back into the Season
 
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Unplug the Christmas Machine: A Complete Guide to Putting Love and Joy Back into the Season (Paperback)

by Jo Robinson (Author)
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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: William Morrow; Rev. Ed edition (1 Jan 1991)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0688109616
  • ISBN-13: 978-0688109615
  • Product Dimensions: 22.1 x 18.5 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 563,588 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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""Unplug the Christmas Machine" offers a wealth of suggestions for combatting commercialism and filling the holidays with simple, spiritual celebrations that help families draw closer together." -- "The New York Times Book Review""A wide-awake volume dealing with everything from saving time and money to bucking the hidden gift-giving code. With recipes, decorating ideas, even sources of seasonal purchases: thorough and heartening." -- "Kirkus Reviews"""Unplug the Christmas Machine" is more than a 'how-to' book on holiday accessories. It is a complete guide to putting the love and warmth back into the season." -- "Oregon Magazine"

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Nine years and thirteen printings later, "Unplug the Christmas Machine" is still showing how to creating a joyful, stress-free holiday season..

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5.0 out of 5 stars Examine Christmas and think through your traditions., 13 May 2002
By J. E. M. Kneale "Angel Jem" (Liverpool, Merseyside United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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Christmas is a complex issue. Some people hate it, most people endure it, the young and young at heart adore it. The trouble with it is, it gets complicated, busy and expensive (will I get the turquoise tie or the purple socks for the neighbour I lived next door to twenty years ago and haven't seen since?) Everyone could do with cutting back, but no two people agree how. This book encourages you to look at your own images of Christmas and to isolate the things you do that give you pleasure and those which cause major headaches. It has useful chapters on examining roles within Christmas (how many men do sign any Christmas cards and wrap presents?) and a comprehensive appendix to help with ideas and resources. Each chapter has questions to work through to help you plan a Christmas that you will enjoy and afford. It encourages you to think for yourself rather than handing out answers that are 'one size fits all'.
The spiritual element of Christmas is well covered, and the authors speak from experience as parents and Christmas celebrators. I found the book interesting reading in May, when I bought it, and useful in simplifying a celebration I love and want to celebrate more meaningfully.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!, 5 Dec 1998
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While I felt overwhelmed with the Christmas machine, I didn't want to give up everything. This book helped me identify what mattered to me and my family. I especially liked the ideas on how to pace the holiday. This suited me much better than the "Simplify Christmas" book which seemed to me to consist more of reasons not to have a tree, send cards etc. than identify what to keep and what to change.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Do yourself a favor and read this book!, 13 Nov 1998
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Since reading Unplug the Christmas Machine when it was first published several years ago, my family and I have scaled way back materially at Christmastime. As a result, we're less stressed and have more time to spend together doing the things we really enjoy, such as going to holiday concerts, singing carols, baking goodies, reading in front of the fire, writing letters, etc. This book will help your whole family "unplug" from the out-of-control juggernaut that is Christmas in the U.S. It also makes a great gift for friends and family who might need permission to simplify their lives during the holidays.
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