{"product_id":"conversations-about-christmas-t-l-macrae-9798243666411","title":"Conversations About Christmas: A Collection of Poems About Christmas Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eI feel hopeful by a radical acceptance of my life as it is\u003cbr\u003emaking the best of my life as it is now\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA short collection of poems about Christmas time.\u003cbr\u003eChristmas is supposed to be magical, a fun time of year. Christmas has never been about Christianity or religion for me. It was always a time of abuse and fear, a time when family was forced to be in close proximity.\u003cbr\u003eA fear and dread that I did not have my life together, as society forces us to assume is the way it should be.\u003cbr\u003eThat Christmas time is a time of family, tradition and forgiveness.\u003cbr\u003eI say\u003cb\u003e fuck that.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo thank you.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinally allowing Christmas to just be what it is, whatever I want it to be. No longer following any societal norms that put my mental health at risk for the comfort of others.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eI'm no longer doing my best impression of Gatsby, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNever again making myself into the biggest spectacle in order to shine the light, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSo you can follow it home to me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e T. L. MacRae\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798243666411\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.14d","brand":"T. L. MacRae","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49171785154815,"sku":"9798243666411","price":8.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/conversations-about-christmas-t-l-macrae-9798243666411","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}