called Tinsel: A Search for America's Christmas Present by Hank Stuever. Perhaps a little sadistic to be reading about Christmas when it is in the 90s and 100% Humidity but it was next in the stack.Tinsel takes place in Frisco, Texas, a suburb in the shadow of Dallas. By all accounts Frisco is built for commerce and the town is growing. Stuever embeds himself in the Christmas preparations of Frisco, a place the dust-jacket refers to as "happy, megachurchy, shoparific", to witness the excesses and beauty of the modern Christmas.
I will keep you updated as to what I find. I will note, that I am reading this with a special eye towards a potential book study here at Boulevard. If the book lives up to my hopes then I would imagine that it would be ripe for discussion during the holiday months.
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