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Unabridged Fiction - 5 COMPACT DISCS - 6 hours

Publisher, Harper Audio (November 2005)

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Eighteen Dark Humor Holiday Stories by Eighteen Writers

It's that time of year again -- the holiday season. Between checkout lines a mile long, the office party hangover, battles with traffic, and delayed flights, what's better to do than to listen to The Worst Noel and laugh your holiday aggravation away?

The collection features an eclectic mix of writers with playful, often dark humor as the common thread.

Includes the following essays performed by their authors:

Donner Is Dead - Cynthia Kaplan

Blue Christmas: The Tour -John Marchese

Eight - Amy Krouse Rosenthal

That's Just About Enough Figgy Pudding, Actually - Catherine Newman

Birthdays - Ann Patchett

The Accidental Santa -Joni Rodgers

Christmas 2001 - Anne Giardini

`Twas the Bite Before Christmas - Stanley Bing

Survivor - Louis Bayard

I'll Have Christmas with the Works on Rye, Hold the Ham and Jesus - Valerie Frankel

Christmas in Paris - Mike Albo

We Really Must Get Together This Year - Marian Keyes, read by Katrina Keyes

The Gift of the Magi Redux - Binnie Kirshenbaum

A Foreign Country - Mitchell Symons

The Jew Who Cooked a Ham for Christmas - Neal Pollack

Rum Balls - Roger Director

Buy Humbug - Cintra Wilson

The Gift That Did Not Need Wrapping - Elizabeth Noble