Talk:Home for the Holidays/@comment-33576678-20180201093644/@comment-34381956-20180202144722

That's a good point about possibly being fired for being unprofessional. It has to be some kind of ethical violation to drop everything and push so hard to have your friend's book be published now.  I don't really get why Holly's book has to be the book for the new year, which we established in chapter 1 as a Big Deal. Maybe publish it later, or try sending it to a different publisher. Maybe Harper Collin would be more open to it. (Plus I hate that MC basically went from "I can't make any promises" to "OMG THIS IS THE BEST BOOK EVER AND NICK MUST PICK IT".  So...she left her professional attitude at work?)

Also, I don't remember if it specifies, but was Nick the first person from out of town to read Holly's book? If so, it might be less that he's a big bad Scrooge and more that the book is mostly of interest to people who are biased toward their hometown.