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Mollie McQueen #4
Mollie McQueen is NOT Ruining Christmas
Mollie is back!
“Be naughty and save Santa a trip. It’s better for the planet…”
There was little over a week to go until Christmas Day, but Mollie McQueen hadn’t sent a single card. She hadn’t purchased one gift, and she hadn’t decked the halls with anything other than mountains of wet laundry.
Usually, come the first of December, the McQueen house resembled Santa’s grotto. Stockings would hang from the fireplace, his and hers advent calendars would be propped up on the mantlepiece, and the two sparkly polar bears bought by Mollie’s mother would stand proudly on the windowsill.
This year, all was quiet on the Christmas front. The door was missing its usual wreath, the sprig of mistletoe was absent from the hallway, and the alcove in the living room was minus the retro tree that Mollie normally insisted on rolling out on the first day of December.
When Mollie first announced her plans to strip Christmas back to basics, she received nothing but negative feedback. Max accused her of trying to ruin Christmas, Margot advised her to chuck back a daily vitamin D pill in a bid to rediscover her Christmas spirit, and Mrs Heckles had taken to singing Christmas carols through Mollie’s letterbox.
Despite their grumbling, Mollie was determined to prove to everyone that you could enjoy Christmas without falling victim to the endless marketing campaigns that emotionally blackmailed you into purchasing unnecessary gifts for people who would rather have a pack of socks and a slice of Yule log.
With her no-Christmas Christmas amassing quite the guestlist, Mollie had an almighty task on her hands.
Can she convince her nearest and dearest that the true meaning of Christmas had nothing to do with expensive gifts and garish decorations?
One thing’s for sure, Mollie McQueen is NOT Ruining Christmas.
“Be naughty and save Santa a trip. It’s better for the planet…”
There was little over a week to go until Christmas Day, but Mollie McQueen hadn’t sent a single card. She hadn’t purchased one gift, and she hadn’t decked the halls with anything other than mountains of wet laundry.
Usually, come the first of December, the McQueen house resembled Santa’s grotto. Stockings would hang from the fireplace, his and hers advent calendars would be propped up on the mantlepiece, and the two sparkly polar bears bought by Mollie’s mother would stand proudly on the windowsill.
This year, all was quiet on the Christmas front. The door was missing its usual wreath, the sprig of mistletoe was absent from the hallway, and the alcove in the living room was minus the retro tree that Mollie normally insisted on rolling out on the first day of December.
When Mollie first announced her plans to strip Christmas back to basics, she received nothing but negative feedback. Max accused her of trying to ruin Christmas, Margot advised her to chuck back a daily vitamin D pill in a bid to rediscover her Christmas spirit, and Mrs Heckles had taken to singing Christmas carols through Mollie’s letterbox.
Despite their grumbling, Mollie was determined to prove to everyone that you could enjoy Christmas without falling victim to the endless marketing campaigns that emotionally blackmailed you into purchasing unnecessary gifts for people who would rather have a pack of socks and a slice of Yule log.
With her no-Christmas Christmas amassing quite the guestlist, Mollie had an almighty task on her hands.
Can she convince her nearest and dearest that the true meaning of Christmas had nothing to do with expensive gifts and garish decorations?
One thing’s for sure, Mollie McQueen is NOT Ruining Christmas.
205 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 23, 2019
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About the author
Lacey London
43 books534 followersLacey London is the bestselling author of the hugely popular CLARA series, ANXIETY GIRL series, and MOLLIE MCQUEEN series.
Lacey lives in Cheshire, England with her husband and their Yorkshire Terrier. When she is not writing, she can usually be found enjoying the countryside or with her nose in a book. Failing that, she is probably sleeping. Lacey loves fairy-tales and hates numbers, except the ones in her bank account.
Books in the Clara Series:
MEET CLARA ANDREWS
CLARA MEETS THE PARENTS
MEET CLARA MORGAN
CLARA AT CHRISTMAS
MEET BABY MORGAN
CLARA IN THE CARIBBEAN
CLARA IN AMERICA
CLARA IN THE MIDDLE
CLARA'S LAST CHRISTMAS
CLARA BOUNCES BACK
CLARA'S GREEK ADVENTURE
Books in the Anxiety Girl series:
ANXIETY GIRL
ANXIETY GIRL FALLS AGAIN
ANXIETY GIRL BREAKS FREE
Books in the Mollie McQueen series:
MOLLIE MCQUEEN IS NOT GETTING DIVORCED
MOLLIE MCQUEEN IS NOT HAVING A BABY
All are available to download worldwide on Amazon Kindle.
Lacey lives in Cheshire, England with her husband and their Yorkshire Terrier. When she is not writing, she can usually be found enjoying the countryside or with her nose in a book. Failing that, she is probably sleeping. Lacey loves fairy-tales and hates numbers, except the ones in her bank account.
Books in the Clara Series:
MEET CLARA ANDREWS
CLARA MEETS THE PARENTS
MEET CLARA MORGAN
CLARA AT CHRISTMAS
MEET BABY MORGAN
CLARA IN THE CARIBBEAN
CLARA IN AMERICA
CLARA IN THE MIDDLE
CLARA'S LAST CHRISTMAS
CLARA BOUNCES BACK
CLARA'S GREEK ADVENTURE
Books in the Anxiety Girl series:
ANXIETY GIRL
ANXIETY GIRL FALLS AGAIN
ANXIETY GIRL BREAKS FREE
Books in the Mollie McQueen series:
MOLLIE MCQUEEN IS NOT GETTING DIVORCED
MOLLIE MCQUEEN IS NOT HAVING A BABY
All are available to download worldwide on Amazon Kindle.
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May 28, 2024
Perfect Christmas does exist
This book is funny. Hilarious, actually. Mollie decides to make Christmas all about the reason for the season and helping less fortunate people through actual working for free, while all the while bringing the true and best of any Christmas come to be. Never mind the kooky homemade gifts Mollie made, or tossing beans into mashed potatoes, but Mollie has everyone worried about what they will eat and the gift giving doesn't line up with past years. Decorations are off the table and slowly but surely, time happens, and the true sense of the best Christmas ever happens.
This book is funny. Hilarious, actually. Mollie decides to make Christmas all about the reason for the season and helping less fortunate people through actual working for free, while all the while bringing the true and best of any Christmas come to be. Never mind the kooky homemade gifts Mollie made, or tossing beans into mashed potatoes, but Mollie has everyone worried about what they will eat and the gift giving doesn't line up with past years. Decorations are off the table and slowly but surely, time happens, and the true sense of the best Christmas ever happens.
September 23, 2025
Mollie doesn’t want the usual stress and over-consumerism this year, so gifts will be handmade, there will be no tree and decorations and no traditional Christmas lunch. Instead, all her friends are invited for a “No Christmas - Christmas”
Bah humbug.
This was okay as a concept, and a bit of a do-gooder tale. Nothing wrong with that, but in the end she does serve traditional dinner and has a tree thanks to her friend’s demands in exchange for volunteering at a charity. Bit of a cop-out?
This book is obviously part of a series so some of the references didn’t make sense to me. The writing was good though.
Bah humbug.
This was okay as a concept, and a bit of a do-gooder tale. Nothing wrong with that, but in the end she does serve traditional dinner and has a tree thanks to her friend’s demands in exchange for volunteering at a charity. Bit of a cop-out?
This book is obviously part of a series so some of the references didn’t make sense to me. The writing was good though.
February 24, 2022
I started this on my Kindle at Christmas and found it so lame that I didn't finish it until recently. If you are looking for cute, romantic nonsense this book is for you. There seem to be many volumes of Mollie McQueen but one was enough for me.
December 4, 2025
Quick, easy read about a girl who decided she didn't want the usual commercialism of Christmas this year. By conscientiously choosing this path, she ended up having a beautiful Christmas with many friends and family and was able to enjoy the true spirit of the holiday.
December 17, 2022
I seldom DNF a book but this one was not worth my time and I couldn't justify continuing to read it.
I understand Mollie wanted this to be a non-traditional, non-commercial Christmas but some of her ideas were taking things a bit too far.
Mollie's idea to change dinner was good. People like traditions though, so this didn't go over well. But who wants beans in mashed potatoes!?!
The story was supposed to be funny but I didn't fine making air fresheners out of tampons as gifts funny.
If she didn't want to give purchased gifts why was she looking forward to shopping?
That didn't make sense.
I also don't find alcoholism funny, so the perpetually drunk neighbor wasn't funny either.
Even though I didn't finish the book I have the feeling Mollie wasn't able to stick to her ideas and caved in to all the pressures from others.
Perhaps I would have enjoyed this story at a later date but I got so frustrated that I deleted it in disgust.
I understand Mollie wanted this to be a non-traditional, non-commercial Christmas but some of her ideas were taking things a bit too far.
Mollie's idea to change dinner was good. People like traditions though, so this didn't go over well. But who wants beans in mashed potatoes!?!
The story was supposed to be funny but I didn't fine making air fresheners out of tampons as gifts funny.
If she didn't want to give purchased gifts why was she looking forward to shopping?
That didn't make sense.
I also don't find alcoholism funny, so the perpetually drunk neighbor wasn't funny either.
Even though I didn't finish the book I have the feeling Mollie wasn't able to stick to her ideas and caved in to all the pressures from others.
Perhaps I would have enjoyed this story at a later date but I got so frustrated that I deleted it in disgust.
December 28, 2019
Great festive read
I had been looking forward to this book being released for ages and I wasn’t disappointed. Full of the characters we have grown to love in previous books this book is the ideal antidote when Christmas all gets a bit much. And reminds us that Christmas isn’t just about the presents under the tree it’s about spending time with the people we love.
I had been looking forward to this book being released for ages and I wasn’t disappointed. Full of the characters we have grown to love in previous books this book is the ideal antidote when Christmas all gets a bit much. And reminds us that Christmas isn’t just about the presents under the tree it’s about spending time with the people we love.
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