Today we start our advent calendar review month.

We will review the Dreamspinner Press advent calendar one review a day. At the end of the month THREE winners will be picked to receive some great prizes!

First prize is 10 books from your Dreamspinner wishlist .

Second prize is 5 books from your Dreamspinner wishlist.

Third prize is 3 books from your Dreamspinner wishlist.

December 1st

Reviewed by Dan

TITLE:  #ChristmasHatesYouToo

SERIES: 2016 Dreamspinner Press Advent Calendar – Bah Humbug

AUTHOR:     E. F. Mulder

PUBLISHER:     Dreamspinner Press

LENGTH:    76 Pages

RELEASE DATE:  December 1, 2016

BLURB:

Born December 25, Noel Beebe is tired of having his birthday overshadowed by all things Christmas. While looking for love on social media, he comes across a prospective new beau just in time to celebrate the Big 3-0, someone who encourages him to take back his day and say thumbs down to Christmas! On a trip to the Big Apple, Noel does just that, flipping off the Rockefeller Center tree and demanding his coffee in a nondecorative paper cup as a fun birthday prank. His act of defiance is caught on video and soon goes viral, leading to a backlash all over the Twitterverse, Internet, and TV. Suddenly what Noel thought would be his best birthday—and even Christmas—yet is shaping up to be his worst. Can his family and his potential boyfriend prove to the world that Noel isn’t the Scrooge he’s been labeled?

REVIEW:

This is the first of the Dreamspinner Press Advent Calendar stories that I’ve gotten to read this year, and I really, really liked it.

Noel Beebe is a Christmas baby. He was born on the 25th of December and has always had to share his birthday with a Christmas tree. Being a December baby myself, I can sympathize. Imagine if you will what it must be like to have them on the same day!

Noel has vented to his online friends about how bad it is, and in particular to his friend Ethan. Ethan in my personal opinion has a worse birthday of February 29th, so based on birthdays, he is something like 6!   Ethan hatches this plan for a fun protest and he and Noel spend the afternoon on the 29th of November going from coffee shop to coffee shop demanding loudly, and with signs, that Noel be given his coffee in non-Christmas cups. And Ethan captures video clips on his phone.

But what happens when the video is leaked online? Something that seems so plausible that it could have come from today’s news. Of course, the haters come out. This guy doesn’t like Christmas after all! Why he must be un-American, some sort of communist, and the list goes on. Poor Noel just wants it all to go away.

I found the tale delightful. It kept me entertained and chuckling the whole way through. If this is any example of the other stories this year, it is going to be a great Advent Calendar.

I recommend you pick this story up. It is all too plausible in today’s world.

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