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Book cover image of A Kentucky Christmas by George Ella Lyon

Authors: George Ella Lyon (Editor), Harriette Simpson Arnow, Dianne Aprile
ISBN-13: 9780813122793, ISBN-10: 0813122791
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Date Published: October 2003
Edition: 1st Edition

Author Biography: George Ella Lyon

Book Synopsis

"Table of Contents A celebration of holiday poetry, fiction, essays, recipes, and songs by more than sixty of the Bluegrass state's finest writers. Gathered here are writings from some of the legendary voices of Kentucky — and the nation — as well as original Christmas stories and poetry from some of the state's emerging talents. Among the contributors to this handsome collection are Kentucky's visionaries, storytellers, historians, singers, cooks, children's authors, and poets, including all five Kentucky Poet Laureates. A delight for anyone interested in Kentucky literature, history, or traditions, A Kentucky Christmas promises to be a wonderful holiday gift, a treasured family keepsake, and a necessary addition for libraries and for personal collections.

	A Greeting
	Louisville's First Christmas	3
	From Social Life and Diversions	15
	A Little Bit of Santa Claus	17
	From Chapter 12, The Heart of the Hills	27
	Christmas and Old Christmas in Appalachia	32
	Jack Hunts Christmas	36
	The Animals That Night	41
	The Ganders Marry	42
	From Pure Magic and Old Friendship, Creeker	45
	The Asakawa Christmas Party	51
	Christmas, Down Home	54
	Home for Christmas	65
	At Years End	69
	Winter Tree	70
	My Mother's Christmas Tree	71
	Jingle Bells, Shotgun Shells	72
	No Time Like Now	74
	The Birds' Christmas	91
	Hunting for a Christmas Tree After Dark	92
	Drawing Names	97
	Why I Believe in Santa Claus	109
	Christmas Turtle	114
	Christmas on Lizard Ridge	115
	The Red Taffeta Dress	123
	The Gift	124
	Winteriese	134
	Christmas Present	136
	Bread	138
	Christmas Every Day	149
	December 24, 1959	152
	By Special Starlight	154
	Christmas Comes to Lord Calvert	157
	The Proof of Mother's Puddings	173
	All the Right Ingredients	177
	Christmas Fruit Salad, Iva's Christmas Cake, and Snow Cream	180
	Christmas Gift: A Memoir	185
	VI, 1991	191
	Christmas Eve, 3 P.M.	192
	A Christmas Lesson	193
	Little Bitty Baby	198
	I Wonder as I Wander	200
	Bad Winter, 1975	202
	From Chapter 17, Borrowed Children	203
	Shooting Star	207
	Advent	209
	Winter Wren at Solstice	210
	December 25, 1949-December 31, 1949	211
	Two Cardinals	215
	In the House of the Lord	216
	From Chapter 10, Newfound	218
	Snow Arithmetic	220
	The Presence of Snow in the Tropics	221
	Prayer for the New Year	223
	Alene	227
	The Visit	235
	Mistletoe	237
	Letters From the Karst	243
	Hey, You Ain't Supposed to Wear Clothes Under Your Nightgown	258
	A Master Time	264
	From God's Oddling: The Story of Mick Stuart, My Father	272
	My Uncle Bob	274
	Domestic	275
	VI, 1988	283
	Waking before Light	285
	When She Came to Mercy	287
	Epiphany at Midnight: January 20, 1994	295
	Christmas Morning	297
	The Christmas Lamb	299
	Icon	301
	St. Ann's Kitchen Door: Mis-en-Scene	302
	Too Wise Men	307
	Bound into the Mystery	308
	The Holy Season	312
	James Still	317
	Further Reading	319
	Contributors	321
	Reprint Permissions	335