Nana’s Ham Ball
Nana makes the best ham ball ever! It’s one of her trademark dishes. I always know she’ll have a ham…
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Christmas @ The Folk School
If you’re somebody who likes to drive around and look at Christmas decorations-the John C. Campbell Folk School is a…
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Memories Of A Country School Christmas
Today’s guest post was written by Ethelene Dyer Jones. Memories of a Country School Christmas written by Ethelene Dyer Jones…
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He Holly She Holly
he holly noun The male of the American holly tree (Ilex opaca), which bears no berries. Cf she holly. 1957…
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Christmas Ambrosia
Granny always made fruit salad for Christmas dinner. She calls her fruit salad Heavenly Hash. As I got older I…
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Christmas Memories – Anderson County Tennessee
My Grandma was Talitha Ann Queener Rutherford. When I hear the squeak of a rocking chair I never fail to…
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Away In A Manger
Steve & Tipper Christmas 1970 Away In A Manger is the lullaby of Christmas songs. I’ve always thought the simple lines…
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Christmas Memories – 1900 Shooting Creek North Carolaina
The winter of 1900 had been an unusually bad one. A true story book picture of what a Christmas scene…
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Running Cedar
A few weeks ago Blind Pig reader Carol Stuart mentioned using running cedar as Christmas greenery when she lived in…
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The Magic Of Moss
We never knew about Gallackin but we did gather moss and boxwood cuttings to sell to florists. Way back in…
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Christmas Memories – 1950s Morganton North Carolina
When our family moved to town, to Morganton, in the early 1950s, money was scare: rent for the first time,…
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The Silent Stars Go By
Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem was written by Phillips Brooks, the pastor who spoke at Abraham Lincoln’s funeral service. Before…
