{"product_id":"christmas-party-ten-poems-to-make-merrry","title":"Christmas Party: Ten Poems to Make Merrry","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\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“…after eating four Christmas lunches,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003esodden from jumping in deep puddles.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003efrom ‘Partying with The Vicar of Dibley’ by Jeanette Burton\u003c\/p\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 Katharine Towers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoems by Andre Bagoo, Jeanette Burton, Kristina Diprose, Jonathan Edwards, Marie-Louise Eyres, Lorraine Mariner, Michael Pedersen, DA Prince, Penny Sharman and Aruna Stannard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover illustration by Sara Boccaccini Meadows.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Candlestick Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58220552126846,"sku":"9781913627843","price":6.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1331\/9925\/files\/1792055984.jpg?v=1792056140","url":"https:\/\/www.poetrybooks.co.uk\/products\/christmas-party-ten-poems-to-make-merrry","provider":"The Poetry Book Society","version":"1.0","type":"link"}