Christmas Gift!

Sams, Ferrol

ISBN 10: 088146211X ISBN 13: 9780881462111

Publisher: Mercer University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Christmas Gift!, a master storyteller's moving personal reminiscence, discovers the very essence of the holiday season. Interweaving his memories of boyhood Christmases in the dark days of the Depression and the details of present-day holidays with his grandchildren, Ferrol Sams demonstrates the deep, inescapable role of rituals in our lives and the importance of passing them on to each succeeding generation. Rich with details as true today as they were more than a half-century ago when Sams was growing up, Christmas Gift! is a grandfather's loving preservation of an important ritual of his childhood. Strapped for material resources adequate to their generous spirits, members of the Sams household would greet each other with the joyous cry of "Christmas gift!" in order to share the tidings of the season and celebrate their connection. Sams is in rare form in this tale that will warm hearts, create laughter and tears, and earn a place in the center of Christmas celebrations for years to

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From Publishers Weekly

This charming account of the celebration of Christmas in a Fayette County, Georgia, family is re-created with joy and appreciation of the quirks among the author's extended family. Sams, a novelist ( Run with the Horseman ) who is a practicing physician, captures the essence of storied Southern hospitality in a melange of vignettes recalling Christmases observed in years that were lean as well as bountiful. With acceptable hyperbole ("Our daddy was imbued with every masculine virtue that has ever been delineated"), and benign oversight of the perplexities of Southern society prior to World War II, Sams takes the reader into the comfortable "Big House" on Christmas Day, filled with aunts, uncles and wide-eyed chidren who, in the continuity of their traditions, give meaning to the word "family."
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About this edition

• Publisher: Mercer University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 088146211X
• ISBN 13: 9780881462111
• Binding: Product Bundle
• Number of pages: 93