Away in a Manger with The Pressley Girls
Tipper and Steve (I still have the rocking chair!) “Away in a Manger” is the lullaby of Christmas songs. I’ve always…
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Christmas Traditions in Appalachia
Can you believe Christmas is almost here? It seems like 2020 has went by in a blur and before you…
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We Had it all Back Then
“After everybody married Christmas got a bit more complicated with in law-dinners to work around. However, we always met at Mom…
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Christmas 2019 Wrap Up
Chitter, Granny, Chatter – Christmas Day 2019 We had a wonderful Christmas this year. The best ever, but I think…
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Merry Christmas from Blind Pig and The Acorn
Sending wishes for a very Merry Christmas to each of you from all of us here at Blind Pig and…
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Memories of Saying Christmas Gift
The Jenkins family (Front: James; Second: Mary, Geneaieve, Louzine (Granny); Back: George, Junior, Dorothy, Jean, Fay Yesterday I received the…
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Backbones and Ribs for Christmas
“Till later years, we’d raise our own meats for Christmas. We’d kill hogs in November and save the backbones and…
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As Slow as Christmas?
Never in my life have I been accused of being slow, but I have heard the expression “slow as Christmas”…
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A Gift from Long Ago
Schrade old timer fixed blade belt knife The other day The Deer Hunter showed me a knife he’s really proud…
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Playing Snap Dragon at Christmas
I was trying to enlighten and educate Chatter with some newly discovered Christmas knowledge I recently acquired when she gave…
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Favorite Christmas Ornaments
Granny and Pap’s Christmas Train The girls have been sharing their favorite Christmas decorations in a series of posts on…
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Stack Cakes at Christmas
“Christmas was a big time for us. We would make stack cakes. They would be in real thin layers and…
