A Christmas Story from Days Gone by
Today’s guest post is written by Celia Miles and was originally published in the anthology Christmas Presence: from 45 Western…
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Easy Christmas Candy
Granny has been making Seaside Candy Roll at Christmas for as long as I can remember. It’s super easy and…
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Thus Every Beast by Some Good Spell
Steve and Tipper – Christmas 1970-something I grew up hearing Pap sing the Christmas song The Friendly Beasts. He said…
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A Christmas Memory from Foxfire
I’ve been re-reading The Foxfire 40th Anniversary Book. The book has several pages of Christmas stories. Here’s one I especially like: When…
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Decorating for Christmas with Running Cedar
A few days ago Blind Pig Reader George asked about using Running Cedar at Christmas: Yes, the Holly trees really…
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Do You Like Eggnog?
Do you like eggnog? Truth be told, I never even tasted it until Chatter claimed she liked it a few…
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What Child is this?
I don’t recall hearing the Christmas song What Child Is This? until I was nearly grown. Because of that, I…
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Christmas Holly
Holly trees and their bright red berries have long been associated with Christmas. From songs to decorations-holly is all over…
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Christmas in the Old Days
I’ve read lots of books about Appalachia. One of the ones that ring the truest to me is Dorie Woman of…
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Silent Night
Silent Night is said to be the most recorded of all Christmas songs and it may very well be the most…
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On a Cold Winter’s Night that was so Deep
The Christmas song The First Noel was never one of my favorites until Pap and Paul put it on their Songs of…
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Old Christmas
Entry for old Christmas from the Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English: old Christmas noun An alternative observance of Christmas, celebrated…
