At long last, my pièce de résistance: THE GRIMES’ CRAZY CHRISTMASES.
WARNING: These are crass, quirky, weird stories—definitely NOT your usual sweet/sappy/Christmasy stories. Despite the wackiness, they are funny (most of them!)—if I do say so myself.
The stories in this book are a combination of four previously published volumes:
Creepy Crazy Christmas, 2012
Creepy Crude Christmas, 2013
Creepy Customary Christmas, 2014
Creepy Cheery Christmas, 2015
They have been re-edited and organized for better readability in this new combo book.
Bob and Elise Grimes, husband and wife, although opinionated and wacky, are harmless folk who see the world a bit differently than the rest of us. Bob thinks he’s better than everyone else, and his sarcasm lurks behind his words—although sometimes he is smarter than the average bear. Elise thinks she knows everything, and what she doesn’t know, she finds on the internet. She also projects an aura of naivety and innocence, and although she doesn’t consciously realize it or even mean half of what she says, she possesses a mouth that spews forth quicker than her brain can function. As a result, her words come across as heartless and cruel (as do Bob’s words at times). Their son, Jimmy, a bit of a simpleton, exasperates them both. In fact, all three exasperate each other.
These stories begin before Jimmy’s birth and end when he’s sixteen.
Call me Wacky (as wacky as the Grimes family), but I absolutely love Elise, Bob, and Jimmy. They cheer me up when I’m depressed and besieged by the winter blues (and other blues) though I have EVERYTHING to be grateful for! Writing about them brings me great joy and laughter.
I’m now working on a non-Christmas book of wacky Grimes stories. (But I’m sure there’ll be more Christmas stories about this family for December 2026.)
Plenty of time to order for Christmas gifts! For those hard-to-buy-for individuals!
Available on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/1990589448 or from me if you’re in Canada.
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