Christmas in July: Battle of the Christmas Musicals

I have some FANTASTIC news: North Pole High: The Musical was selected as a semi-finalist in the Battle of the Christmas Musicals at the Brookfield Theatre for the Arts in Brookfield, Connecticut!

I am so proud of the writers -- Rafi Nemes, Kristen Rea, and Danny Hercules -- for this early recognition they have received for their work-in-progress musical based on my memoir, North Pole High: A Rebel Without a Claus. Congratulations! And keep up the great work!

Now for some more news that's also fantastic, but in a different way:

North Pole High didn't advance to the finalist round, but everyone here at the Top of the World is happy anyway because who knew there were so many new Christmas musicals being written? You can never have enough Christmas musicals!

Congratulations to the writers of The Christmas Bride, Christmas Letters, and Come Find Me.

I want to urge all my New England fans to head to Brookfield, Connecticut to celebrate Christmas in July! Yule get to see 45-minute excerpts from each of the three finalists and yule get to meet the writers. AND yule get to vote for your favorite. The winning show will get a full-length staged reading in December.

And it's FREE!

But the best reason to attend this event on Saturday, July 1, from 7:00 PM to 10:15 PM is because yule get to celebrate Christmas six months early!!!!!! Because when you think about it, December is just too far away to hold onto your Christmas cheer.

For tickets, go to brownpapertickets.com/event/2964680

Good luck to all three finalists, and have a Merry July!

Dear Santa, I'm Jewish

Lords-a-leaping! Exactly five months from tonight, Santa will be on his way to your chimney with LOTS of toys and goodies!

I just came across this letter to Santa from a nice Jewish boy in the United States who is hoping to get a shout out from His Jolliness this Christmas. Well, Mitchell Glaser, you're in luck. Our work here in the Village of the North Pole is one hundred percent secular and non-denominational. Santa will visit everyone, as long as you've been Nice.

Unfortunately, it looks like there's one word in your song that's very, very Naughty, and I'm not talking about "treif." So clean up your act, Mitchell. You have five months. Oy vey! #HoHoHo

An Early Christmas for Stephanie

That sure was a fun Christmas-in-July Blog Hop!

I want to thank each and every one of you who stopped by and made July MERRY by entering my giveaway. And now...

A BIG

Merry Congratulations

to

Stephanie!

Stephanie will be getting an early start on Christmas this year with a signed copy of my critically acclaimed memoir, North Pole High: A Rebel Without a Claus. How Stephalicious is that? I'll even have the elves throw in a few extra North Pole High bookmarks she can share with her friends.

You know me. I love to give presents, just like my dad, so I really wish everybody could have won, but, shhhhh, don't tell the elves -- it's not really Christmas yet! Luckily, they've made an early Christmas possible for EVERYONE with electronic and stocking-stuffer-sized paperback editions of my book at super reasonable prices. Head on over to the North Pole High bookstore to get yours while supplies last!

Christmas in July Giveaway Blog Hop

Wow! Thanks for stopping by!

I'm soooo happy to see so much enthusiasm for CHRISTMAS in July!

So, my giveaway is for one of the few remaining ARCs for my critically acclaimed memoir, North Pole High: A Rebel Without a Claus. It's about this new boy at school and how my dad, Santa Claus, didn't want me seeing him, and how Christmas almost didn't happen because of it!

Christina at Cover2Cover called it "Christmas cheer between its covers." Gina at Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers says it's "as jingle bell rockin as you can get!"

Now, one lucky winner will soon be aching for Christmas to hurry fast. So, on with the giveaway...

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My thanks to I Am A Reader and Laurie Here for hosting this hop! Each blog listed below is hosting its own CHRISTMAS BOOK GIVEAWAY. Enter them ALL! You can never have too many Christmas books!


Good luck. And if you don't win anything, you can always get the electronic edition of North Pole High delivered to your Kindle with the wink of an eye and a twist of the head via the magic of Whispernet!

PS: For the duration of this Christmas in July blog hop, we've made the Kindle edition of North Pole High available at the super low price of $2.99 (£1.80)!