Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0292712669, Hardcover)

There's no place like home for the holidays ...which is a good thing when you have a family like Robert Earl Keen's. As Keen tells it in this wry send-up of all those impossibly sweet, "not like our family" Christmas carols, Mom and Dad got drunk at the Christmas party, sister and brother brought their dubious significant others, the relatives' motor home blew out the Christmas lights, and a convenience store supplied all the goodies.

Merry Christmas from the Family is the companion book for Robert Earl Keen's popular Christmas tune of the same name. Using authentic Keen family photos, recipes, and craft instructions, it illustrates all the verses of the song, which you can sing along with on the accompanying CD. Whether you're one of Robert Earl's legion of fans, or you've just had enough of Perry, Bing, and the other crooners, Merry Christmas from the Family is what you need to keep the holidays in hilariously skewed perspective.

Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 1558539328, Hardcover)

Here is a swaggering, South Texas Christmas where you:

Carve the turkey, turn the ball game on,

Mix margaritas when the eggnog's gone,

Send somebody to the Stop 'N Go,

We need some celery and a can of fake snow!

Based on the song written by Robert Earl Keen and made popular by the Dixie Chicks, Merry Christmas From the Family is a humorous look at the holiday season through the lenses of white trash glasses.

Includes a CD of the song sung by Robert Earl Keen.