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<i>Skipping Christmas</i> by John Grisham with a book club. I never saw the movie (<i>Christmas with the Kranks</i>), so I don’t know if it’s any good, but I remember the discussion being a good one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Virginia Sharp March<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 27, 2015 2:02 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mary Ball; Gail Cummings; oplinlist@lists.oplin.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OPLINLIST] Christmas fiction for a book club<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">“Red Bird Christmas” was well received by my book club.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Also, there is “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”. It is a short book and there is a movie with Loretta Swit, too.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Director, Perry Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mary Ball<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 27, 2015 1:59 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Gail Cummings; <a href="mailto:oplinlist@lists.oplin.org">oplinlist@lists.oplin.org</a><br>
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