The Atheist's Guide to Christmas

The Atheist's Guide to Christmas
Author	Various
Genre	Compilation, atheism

Came out for Christmas 2009, and I was very much hoping somebody would see it and think of me! But alas they did not. However...Christmas 2010 and Sarah got it for me, yippee!

Published in 2009, a collection of contributions from many authors.

Includes:

Stories

• It's Beginning to Feel a Lot Like Christmas, Ed Byrne - READ
• The Real Christmas Story, Jenny Colgan - READ
• A Child Was Born on Christmas Day, Emery Emery - READ
• 110 Love Street, Catie Wilkins - READ
• Losing My Faith, Simon Le Bon - READ
• Hark the Herald Villagers Sing, Zoe Margolis - READ
• A Christmas Miracle, Richard Herring - READ

Science

• The Sound of Christmas, Simon Singh - READ
• The Great Bus Mystery, Richard Dawkins - READ
• Starry, Starry Night, Phil Plait - READ
• The Ironed Trouser: Why 93% of Scientists Are Atheists (Depending on Who You Ask), Adam Rutherford - READ
• The Large Hadron Collider: A Scientific Creation Story, Brian Cox - READ
• The Power of Ideas, Ben Goldacre - READ
• How to Understand Christmas: A Scientific Overview, Nick Doody - READ

How To

• Things to Make and Do at Christmas, Josie Long - READ
• How to Have the Perfect Jewish Christmas, Matt Kirshen - READ
• How to Have a Peaceful Pagan Christmas, Claire Rayner - READ
• I'm Dreaming of a Green Christmas, Sian Berry - READ
• How to Stop Worrying and Enjoy Christmas, Mitch Benn - READ
• How to Decorate the Outside of Your House with Lights and Not Have Your Neighbours Hate You: A guide to turning your home into a festive something that is so bright it can be seen from space, Jon Holmes - READ
• How to Escape from Christmas, Andrew Mueller - READ

Philosophy

• On Kindness, Derren Brown - READ
• If God Existed, Would He Have a Sense of Humour?, Charlie Brooker - READ
• Unsilent Night, Hermione Eyre - READ
• The True Meaning of Christmas, Andrew Copson - READ
• Imagine There's a Heaven, David Stubbs - READ
• The First Honest Christmas Round-Robin Letter, Julian Baggini - READ
• A Happy Christmass, A. C. Grayling - READ

Arts

• An Atheist at the Movies, David Baddiel and Arvind Ethan David - READ
• A Christmas Carol, Anna Pickard - READ
• O Little Town, Kapka Kassabova - READ
• Simon Price's Christmas Album, Simon Price - READ
• Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, Natalie Haynes - READ
• It's a Wonderful Life, Lucy Porter - READ
• The Good Books, Emily Hill - READ

Events

• God Isn't Real, Robbie Fulks - READ
• God Trumps, Christina Martin - READ
• Designing the Atheist Bus Campaign, Graham Nunn - READ
• The Godless Concerts, Robin Ince - READ
• The Little Atoms Radio Show, Neil Denny - READ
• A Day in the Life of a Godless Magazine, Caspar Melville and Paul Sims
• James Randi: The Real Santa Claus, Sid Rodrigues

First Read (Oct-Nov 2011)

Format

Paperback, 2010 The Friday Project edition, a gift from Sarah. 313 pages, 69 blank pages. 32 lines per page. 442372 characters total, implying a standard page length of 230 pages.

Journal

Picked it up after finishing The Kite Runner and thought I'd bash through it. I was expecting it to be a good read, but most of the contributions were bland, boring, too short or too irrelevant to me. Put it back down with 2 chapters still to go, as it was slowing me down and I've got a lot to read ;)

Rating

0-5 overall (see indiv. stories for indiv. ratings)

Reading record

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