A warm, irreverent Christmas memoir for everyone who's ever survived a family holiday and lived to laugh about it.

Pull up a chair and grab yourself a cocktail-or a box of wine, no judgment-and meet the Lettieris. One December night, while babysitting, Danny learned from a five-year-old that Santa had died of pneumonia. What do you say to that? At twelve, Danny already knew: In his family, the holidays rarely went according to plan.

Ho Ho, OH NO!: Twelve True Stories of Tinsel, Bedlam & Unconditional Love is a holiday humor memoir that unwraps twelve gloriously imperfect stories, one for each day of Christmas. Think David Sedaris's Holidays on Ice-but with more ornaments and a bottomless love for the season. So, meet the family: Danny's mother, who transformed their dilapidated home into a Winter Wonderland with strategically placed wreaths and bows. His Aunt Connie, who gifted cologne, thoughtfully lifted from a department store. His father, whose aim at bonding backfired during a deer-hunting excursion. And all the other relatives who knew that somehow, through the mayhem, holiday magic would keep showing up anyway.

Now a Christmas maximalist with a garage full of Yuletide d