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cloudprime's review against another edition
5.0
Christmas in July. I'm a huge wrestling fan and an even bigger fan of Mick, so I had to check this out. Reading this book had me blinking back tears from his sheer love for his family. A great story of a good man. Highly recommend.
md313's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
An amazing book. Has very little to do with the world wrestling, and lots to do about self reflection and genuine desire to be good and do good. I walked away from this book with a renewed belief that the being good doesn't just happen, we have to live an intentional good life.
amisner's review against another edition
3.0
I love Mick and have been an avid reader of all of his books. He has always made it a point to show his abiding love of Christmas and Santa, and this book highlights that in spades.
Why three stars then? This book suffers from poor editing overall. And I don’t blame the author for that. I would just consider that a book like this, that may be unlikely to receive future printings, and serves a niche audience, would have been better off with an editor that cared a bit more about the finished product.
Further, some of Mick’s jokes just don’t translate so well on the page. Mostly his ongoing disappointment at a decision to have him be Santa on a third-string show rather than the main one. But also his repeated misspelling of someone’s name, and then joking about how he found the right one, but that was then spelled wrong again later.
Overall, beautiful book that highlights this man’s love and dedication to the right reasons for the season, just needed some fine-tuning.
Why three stars then? This book suffers from poor editing overall. And I don’t blame the author for that. I would just consider that a book like this, that may be unlikely to receive future printings, and serves a niche audience, would have been better off with an editor that cared a bit more about the finished product.
Further, some of Mick’s jokes just don’t translate so well on the page. Mostly his ongoing disappointment at a decision to have him be Santa on a third-string show rather than the main one. But also his repeated misspelling of someone’s name, and then joking about how he found the right one, but that was then spelled wrong again later.
Overall, beautiful book that highlights this man’s love and dedication to the right reasons for the season, just needed some fine-tuning.
lucha_kaiju's review against another edition
5.0
From the prolific progenitor of modern wrestling biographies (and fiction too) comes a book just as insightful, illuminating, entertaining and well crafted as a 'Have a Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweat-socks'. This is a well told collection of tales about an extraordinary life. The adage "the mask does not conceal the person, it reveals them" provides one of the underpinnings here. The transformation into a character, coming out the 'character' of your everyday self and inhabiting another character, and in doing so revealing someone that is both "other" and also more truly you is the connective tissue of the everyday person that is the author, and the violent masochistic outcast seeking acceptance through a performance of pain, a stand up comedian honing a new craft, or an earnest Santa Clause tossing magic dust. This is an unusual life, but perhaps it should be more usual to be so fearless in living. This collection of stories is entertaining, engaging, and most of all has heart. It is a book that makes the world bigger, better, and brings into focus the things that are most important.
aceofknaves88's review against another edition
5.0
A fabulous book that filled me with love and joy and an even deeper desire to be one of Santa's ambassadors. Foley's deep and abiding love for Christmas, his family and spreading joy to others shine through in this book and I couldn't help but smile.
jenmulsow's review against another edition
4.0
I listened to the audiobook, read by the author. It was so fun and really worth it.
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