Holiday Sip & Swap: A Literary Feast!

We invite you to an evening filled with holiday cheer, wine, cheese and lively conversation around Fannie Flagg's A Redbird Christmas and James Patterson / Tad Safran's The Twelve Topsy-Turvy, Very Messy Days of Christmas!
\Note: Please feel free to read either or both books!\

Please bring a wrapped book to swap. On the wrapping, write a short, intriguing blurb about the book without revealing the title. Guests will choose books based upon the blurb, an after everyone has picked, we'll unwrap and reveal titles!

A Redbird Christmas - Goodreads:
From the beloved author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe comes her latest New York Times bestseller--a new Yuletide classic about small-town America and larger-than-life wonders.

The Twelve Topsy, Turvy Very Messy Days of Christmas - Goodreads:
Move over, Dickens—America’s favorite storyteller has written a modern Christmas story for the ages. 

Every year at Christmastime, Will and Ella Sullivan, and their father, Henry, come to a family agreement: Christmas is a holiday for other people. 

At their brownstone in Harlem, stockings go unstuffed, tinsel unstrewn, gifts unbought, mistletoe unhung, chestnuts unroasted, carols unplayed, cookies uncooked, a tree un-visible, and guests uninvited. 

Until guests start arriving anyway. In pairs and sixes, in sevens and tens—they keep coming. And they stay. For twelve long, hard, topsy-turvy, very messy days. That’s when the Sullivans discover that those moments in life that defy hope, expectation, or even imagination, might be the best gifts of all.  

As always, please feel free to join even if you have not finished the book - no stress :-)

All attendees are asked to please bring one of the following:

1. A bottle of wine
2. Cheese and crackers or holiday themed food for a festive touch
3. An alternate beverage or nosh of your choice

Host will provide glasses, wine opener, plates & napkins.

To enhance the opportunity for great conversation, we would like to keep the group small. Please feel free to sign-up to meet us along with up to 2 friends.

In the future, we will vary books by genres, settings, eras, awards, themes, etc. The group will share selections for 2026 at this meeting.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE COMMITTED TO ATTEND WHEN YOU RSVP FOR THIS EVENT. We ask that ALL folks honor their RSVP. If you are unable to attend after sending in a YES, please update your status so that others may join us. In the event you do not communicate and are a no-show, your ability to RSVP for future events will be restricted. Thank you in advance for your understanding.

If you are unable to join us in December, we hope you'll remain interested and join us for an evening in the future. Looking forward to wine & cheese with you soon - happy reading!

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