Book Club: Merry Christmas You Filthy Animal
January 18, 2026 6pm
Come join us to discuss Merry Christmas You Filthy Animal by Meghan Quinn. We will meet at TBD. Please RSVP below so we can make a reservation. Registration closes January 11th.
Here's the description:
Atlas "Max" Maxheimer did not sign up for this. One minute, he's anxiously trying to keep his family's Christmas tree farm from imploding. The next? He's passed out in the snow after getting clocked by a suspiciously strong bottle of soda.
Enter Betty: new in town, full of holiday cheer, and helping her uncle open a rival tree farm next door. Max is convinced she's out to destroy everything Evergreen Farm stands for. Betty thinks Max might be one sleigh short of a winter parade.
Cue the holiday chaos.
Between blizzards, blown reputations, wildly misguided romantic plots, and one stolen ornament with a seriously tragic backstory, this small-town war turns into something far messier―and much more delicious―than either of them expected.
Tropes:
Holiday hijinks
Small-town laughs
Rivals to lovers
Even if you don't have time to read the book, you're welcome to come and spend time with moms, kid free. We'll choose our book for our next book club then as well.

