Laughter, the Best Medicine: Holidays

If ever there was a time of year in which we need a sense of humor, it's the holidays in Americaand the latest little book in this best-selling series is here to help! Brimming with America's funniest stories, one-liners, cartoons, quotes, and jokes, this side-splitting collection explodes the myth that the holidays are the picture of clean homes, well-behaved children, meticulously wrapped gifts, absolutely perfect food, distinguished guests, and perpetual, shiny white smiles. Here is just a sampling of the holiday havoc we all recognizeand love:';Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.' Erma Bombeck Last Christmas morning, after all the presents were opened,it was clear that my five-year-old son wasn't thrilled with the ratioof toys to clothes he'd received. As he trudged slowly up the stairs,I called out, ';Hey, where are you going?' ';To my room,' he said, ';to play with my new socks.'';The one thing women don't want to find in their stockings on Christmas morning is their husband.' Joan Rivers