Christmas is coming. Unfortunately, the laundry has received no instructions to stop.

The rent still wants paying. Your out-of-office reply is being treated as a suggestion. A parcel is apparently eleven stops away, despite being six stops away twenty minutes ago.

And someone has remembered one more thing from the supermarket.

Adulting Is Hard, Christmas Is Harder is a funny holiday survival book about keeping ordinary life running while December adds decorations, deadlines, deliveries, and several jobs nobody remembers accepting.

Across twenty chapters, Emrick Donvell finds the comedy in Christmas budgets with hidden costs, fridges that cannot accommodate the special cheese, household appliances with terrible timing, and "help" that leaves someone else managing the entire operation.

Alongside the humour, you'll find practical ways to make the season more manageable: clearer arrangements, shared responsibilities, realistic plans, and fewer small tasks following you around the house.

Written for grown-ups who enjoy Christmas but would appreciate a little less administration, this Christmas humour book makes a thoughtful gift for busy friends, partners, colleagues, and anyone who has ever wondered why buying a present was only the beginning of the work.

A relatable Secret Santa book, stocking filler, or well-earned read for yourself.

Because the decorations may be festive, but somebody still has to remember bin day.