Do you love Christmas? Of course you dont. From Advent calendars to grandmas Zeds after too many sherries, Im Dreaming of a Shite Christmas alphabetically dismantles the outmoded underbelly of the festive season with gentle wit, a sprig of surreal humour and a healthy dash of grumpiness for equal measure. Its the perfect book for those of us who dread the annual coming of the baby Jesus, the bickering relatives, the panic-buying, the soft brussels sprouts So let us join together in joyous celebration of the reality of a good family Christmas: lying on the floor after having eaten too much; Uncle Grahams hilarious haddock-motif festive socks; and tracing the house fire back to the lighting of the magical Blue Peter advent crown.