Blue Christmas

 
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The popular Mary Kay Andrews delivers a tasty holiday treat as she brings back the winning characters from Savannah Blues and Savannah Breeze for a little Southern cheer.

It's the week before Christmas, and antiques dealer Weezie Foley is in a frenzy to do up her shop for the Savannah historical district window decorating contest––which she intends to win. She throws herself into putting up a Graceland/Blue Christmas motif, with lots of tinsel, an aluminum tree, and all kinds of tacky retro stuff. The project takes up so much time that Weezie is ready to shoot herself with her glue gun by the time she's done, but the results are stunning. She's sure she's one–upped the owners of the trendy shop around the corner. But suddenly, things go missing from Weezie's display, and there seems to be a mysterious midnight visitor to her shop.

Still, Weezie has high hopes for the holiday––maybe in the form of an engagement ring from her chef boyfriend. But Daniel, always moody at the holidays, seems more distant than usual.

Throw in Weezie's decidedly odd family, a 1950s Christmas tree pin, and even a little help from the King himself, and maybe there will be a pocketful of miracles for Weezie this Christmas eve.

Product Details

  • Media: Hardcover Book, 208 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins (November 01, 2006)
  • ISBN-10: 0060837349
  • ISBN-13: 9780060837341
  • Dimensions: 4.8 x 7.6 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.6 lbs
  • Note: Some of this information came from Amazon.com

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Customer Reviews

  • Rating Blue ribbons, blue spirits and Southern charm!!  Jan 18, 2007 (11 of 11 found this helpful)

    A downtown Savannah contest for best Christmas display pits two design shops against each other. Weezy wants her shop to get the blue ribbon and a decorating disaster inspires her to completely rethink her approach to winning!! Meanwhile her long time boyfriend is distracted and blue over his family and bad memories of past Christmas celebrations. As Weezy tried to set things right, items begin to disappear from her shop and her home in a frighteningly personal way.
    Mary Kay Andrews breathes a Southern charm into this romantic Christmas tale.

  • Rating pure fun and FUNNY!  Dec 3, 2006 (7 of 7 found this helpful)

    More fictional fun from Mary Kay Andrews awaits you in this seasonal read! It's a short and sweet Christmas novel set in Savannah, SC with Andrews' wacky characters from previous books, Weezie and BeBe.

    Weezie is determined to win FIRST PLACE for shop decorating so fancies up her store window in a 'Blue Christmas' theme. Crazy things start to happen and a mysterious woman enters the picture. It's a well-done little novel and VERY funny when Daniel's family (Weezie's boyfriend) comes to holiday meal. Dogs go wild and you can hear the food hit the floor!

    If you're a reader who enjoys simple, fun seasonal reads - try this one!

  • Rating cheerful (except for moody Daniel) Christmas caper  Nov 5, 2006 (6 of 6 found this helpful)

    With Christmas just around the corner, antiques dealer Weezie Foley has decorated her store to look like an eighteenth century Yuletide gala in order for her to win the Savannah historical district contest. However, something odd occurs every night as someone seems to sneak into her emporium to steal an item of little value from her decorations. She has no idea who her midnight marauder is or why they purloin one article, but plans to find out whom he or she is.

    Meanwhile Weezie also wants to share a joyful holiday with her boyfriend chef Daniel Stipanek, but he seems more a bah humbug than joy to the world type as he rejects her efforts. Weezie turns to her pal BeBe Loudermilk, her dog Jericho, and her certifiable family to help her learn what bugs Daniel about Christmas. Soon her two mysteries intertwine as Weezie needs a miraculous gift from the Magi if she is going to convert her beloved from being a Scrooge clone.

    The latest Weezie-BeBe thriller is a blithe holiday romp that will please fans of the two zany women (see SAVANNAH BREEZE and MISSY FIT). The story line is amusing as Weezie recruits her best friend and her family to help her with Daniel. The cast is delightful, but Weezie owns this cheerful (except for moody Daniel) Christmas caper.

    Harriet Klausner

  • Rating Refreshing  Mar 20, 2007 (4 of 4 found this helpful)

    This wasn't my favorite book by Mary Kay Andrews, but I love her stories so much I couldn't resist. It is definitely just a sweet Christmas story about the gang in Savannah: Weezie and Daniel and Bebe and Harry, along with a few new friends. It was short and sweet but I would try and save it for Chritmas time for a relaxing read.

  • Rating Good But Too Short  Nov 27, 2006 (3 of 3 found this helpful)

    I love Mary Kay Andrews (aka Kathy Hogan Trocheck) and I have read everything she has written. Blue Christmas was a good book, but it was noticeably shorter than Savannah Blues and Savannah Breeze. I liked the characters and the story line, but I finished it in an afternoon and was left wanting more. While I like the Savannah setting, I long for MKA to use Atlanta again, as I grew up in Atlanta. All in all, a good book that would make a great stocking stuffer or gift.

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