Away in a Manger with Granny and Paul
Steve and Tipper “Away in a Manger” has always been one of my favorite Christmas songs. The lyrics have such…
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Favorite Christmas Toys
One of the girls’ dolls Blind Pig reader Don Conn has a question for us. “Around Christmas time, I like…
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Sitting by the Fireplace
Southern Appalachian Digital Collections We would sit around the fire at night of course. The fireplace was the only heat…
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Foil Ornaments
Steve and Tipper at Granny Gazzie’s “Course we didn’t have any electric lights, so our Christmas trees didn’t look like…
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Merry Christmas from Blind Pig and The Acorn 2024
Christmas gift! Granny asked me to share these old photos with you for Christmas. The top one shows a Christmas…
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From the Archives: Granny’s Christmas Eve Story
December 24, 2018 Granny (on right) and her sister Geneaive The other evening I stopped by Granny’s after work like…
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Russian Tea for Christmas
RUSSIAN TEA At Christmas Momma always made a big batch, or maybe two or three of them, of this seasonal…
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Pretty Paper
Today’s post was written by Paul. Christmas drawing by Chatter in early 2000s I taught middle school language arts for…
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Two Simple Tree Crafts
I used to make some sort of Christmas craft every year. Granny has always loved to make things and when…
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Christmas Memories
Pap, Tipper, and Steve at Christmas Our stockings were Daddy’s Nelson socks, the ones with the red heel. There would…
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Christmas Firecrackers & Sweet Taters
“On Christmas morning our brothers would get up around three or four o’clock in the morning, long before daylight. They…
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Working for Christmas Money
Yesterday I had to take Granny over to Blairsville for a doctor’s appointment. On the way she told me about…
