Books with title Merry Christmas Everybody

Little Noelle is blasé on Christmas morning when she gets numerous presents including a computer and a pony. Her father grumbles at the abundant feast (Turkey with chestnut dressing and mashed potatoes and carrots and peas and five kinds of pie again?). As it turns out, their dissatisfaction is justified, for Noelle and her family live in a town where it is Christmas 364 days a year. They are grateful for the one day when the decorations get packed away, folks can relax and eat TV dinners, mail gets delivered, and children finally get to go to school! Catrow's colorful, zany illustrations perfectly capture the tone for this tongue-in-cheek cautionary tale. Be careful what you wish for, indeed!

"Wait, what?" Evie Perrison asked, as she lay in her hospital bed."Are you sure?" Mrs. Perrison asked, tears filling her eyes. "I was just about to ask the same queston." Mr. Perrison whispered, tears filling his own eyes. "Is this accurate?" "It sure is, Ella, Evie and Emmett." Dr. Molly smiled. "Evie's blood work came back, and the cancer is gone." Moments later, Ella, Emmett, and Evie were hugging each other and crying. This was the best Christmas news that they could ever receive.