Mr. Grisham

I apologize to any of you who may be "popcorn" fanatics. I just don't really enjoy "entertainment only" literature. I don't really get entertained somehow.
I think John Grisham had a point to make in writing Skipping Christmas and it could have been more enjoyable, perhaps, had I not spoiled this one by watching the movie first. Of course, I wasn't really thinking I'd ever read the book when I watched "Christmas with the Kranks" a couple years ago. And, now having read the book, they definitely chose the wrong cast. I like Tim Allen movies and expect his humor and persona, but I just don't think he was who John Grisham would have chosen. I would have chosen Keifer Sutherland or Michael Keaton. Someone who looks a little more ruff and gruff and serious but who could take the humorous things that happen.
We just had our annual Christmas Devotional from the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and they talked about enjoying the season and not letting the material things get in the way. I think that was also Mr. Grisham's point. The material things don't make up Christmas, but rather who we spend time with for those moments and memories and that we should always be seeking the true meaning of the season: love. We see this as Grisham has Mr. Krank extend the tickets that are unusable now for his wife and him to a couple who could be celebrating their last Christmas.
Still, I can't say I'd recommend the book to anyone else. I just don't generally enjoy the popcorn of literature when I could feast on greater works of literature. And, since there are so many of those in the world, I don't want to "waste" time on the junk food.