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Texas and Christmas: A Collection of Traditions, Memories, and Folklore »

Authors: Joyce Roach
ISBN-13: 9780875652894, ISBN-10: 0875652891
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Texas Christian University Press
Date Published: October 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)

	Freeze-frame : Christmas as I remember it	1
	A West Texas Christmas memory	17
	Remembering a childhood Christmas in East Texas	28
	Pleasing the Texas palate	31
	Christmas coffee cakes	38
	An angel unawares?	41
	Three hours of snow in Texas	44
	Some old-fashioned gifts to make	49
	The cowboys' Christmas ball	51
	The cowboys' Christmas ball - a short story	55
	Bilingual whirl	61
	Christmas customs then and now	64
	The Christmas ball at the matador	66
	Christmas at the JA (the goodnight ranch)	70
	Christmas folk sayings	72
	The best Christmas	73
	Some Christmas memories	79
	In search of uncle Freddie	81
	The boar's head festival	86
	A carol of the gift of God	89