Foxfire Christmas: Appalachian Memories and Traditions Paperback - 1996
by Eliot Wigginton (Editor); Preface by Bobby Ann Starnes
This captivating book of recollections celebrates the holiday traditions of Appalachian families as passed from one generation to the next. Based on Foxfire students' interviews with neighbors and family members, the memories shared are from a simpler time, when gifts were fewer but perhaps more precious, and holiday tables were laden with traditional favorites. 28 illustrations.
First line
Every year, starting as early as the first of December, wreaths, ribbons, and those bothersome blinking lights go up outside our homes to help exemplify the Christmas spirit.
From the rear cover
This captivating book of recollections celebrates the holiday traditions of Appalachian families as passed from one generation to the next. Based on Foxfire students' interviews with neighbors and family members, the memories shared here are from a simpler time, when gifts were fewer but perhaps more precious, and holiday tables were laden with traditional favorites. More than just reminiscences, however, A Foxfire Christmas includes instructions for recreating many of the ornaments, toys, and recipes that make up so many family traditions, from Chicken and Dumplings to Black Walnut Cake, and from candy pulls to corn husk dolls and hand-whittled toy cars. The students who created this book attended Rabun County High School, where the innovative Foxfire program originated, in the mountains of northeast Georgia. They conducted the interviews, shot and developed most of the photographs and edited the final manuscript.
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- Title Foxfire Christmas: Appalachian Memories and Traditions
- Author Eliot Wigginton (Editor); Preface by Bobby Ann Starnes
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 2nd printing
- Pages 156
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC
- Date 1996-10-14
- ISBN 9780807846186 / 080784618X
- Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 9.3 x 5.28 x 0.41 in (23.62 x 13.41 x 1.04 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Southeast U.S.
- Holiday: Christmas
- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Library of Congress subjects Appalachian Region - Social life and customs, Christmas - Appalachian Region
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96020343
- Dewey Decimal Code 394.266
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