{"product_id":"christmas-party-7th-sept","title":"Christmas Party (7th Sept)","description":"\u003cp\u003eChristmas wouldn’t be Christmas without a party and this heart-warming selection shows that there are all sorts of ways of staging a festive celebration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn DA Prince's opening poem, we find that even the birds in the garden are “quivering in best-party feathers”. Elsewhere, there’s a Boxing Day game of sardines and a grandmother who arrives in silver curls and a velvet coat bearing a badly-chosen gift. There’s also a family gathering populated by a whole host of seasonal TV characters; Del and Rodney appear in fancy dress as Batman and Robin while the Vicar of Dibley arrives:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(10, 97, 26);\"\u003e“…after eating four Christmas lunches,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(10, 97, 26);\"\u003esodden from jumping in deep puddles.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem class=\"is-italic\"\u003efrom ‘Partying with The Vicar of Dibley’ by Jeanette Burton\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat the poems illustrate is that a Christmas party doesn’t depend on mistletoe, tinsel or mulled wine. In fact, all that’s really needed to make merry is “a warm room of friends”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelected by Di Slaney and Katherine Towers\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/stannard-aruna\/\" title=\"View Aruna Stannard Biography\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.candlestickpress.co.uk\/biograpy\/boccaccini-meadows-sara\/\" title=\"View Sara Boccaccini Meadows Biography\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Book House (Thame)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56408626495873,"sku":null,"price":6.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0280\/7873\/5421\/files\/9781913627843.jpg?v=1792342417","url":"https:\/\/shop.thebookhousethame.co.uk\/products\/christmas-party-7th-sept","provider":"The Book House Thame","version":"1.0","type":"link"}