A nostalgic and humorous return to a forgotten America It's Christmas1959, and ten year-old Trudy McFarlan has a lot on her plate; scrutinizing the Sears Catalog for gyp-free toys, riding roughshod over her troglodyte siblings, skirmishes with a diabolical teacher, battles with an orangutan babysitter and appeasing her best friend by pulling the prank of the century. And she has to do it all without incurring the dreaded consequence-grounded for the holidays. Cigarette-smoking toys, radioactive chemistry sets, sledding wars, Santa pins and holiday corsages-this is the Christmas of 1959. And this is where your childhood still lives "My Childhood Christmas is one of those rare books that can be enjoyed by anyone aged nine to ninety. The adult in me loves the nostalgia, the kid in me loves the comedy. If you're tired books filled with violence and sex, then sink into a fun novel of vintage Christmas comedy "--Ken Eulo, Paramount Studios Creative Consultant