![]() ![]() ![]() If you want to hear Truman Capote read The Thanksgiving Visitor, you can do so here. The Thanksgiving Visitor – DB 31284 – Eight-year-old Buddy–polite, neat, and small–was constantly being bullied by rough Odd Henderson, so it was a surprise to him when Odd, with neatly combed hair and an embarrassed look on his face, appeared at Buddy’s door on Thanksgiving.Ī Christmas Memory – DB 30913 – A late November morning and the exclamation “Oh my, it’s fruitcake weather,” conjure up for Truman Capote the memory of a beloved cousin, Miss Sook Faulk, and Queenie, a little rat terrier “who has survived distemper and two rattlesnake bites.” They make fruitcake on this, their last Christmas together. ![]() She figures prominently into these holiday stories. These charming stories set in the depression show a familial love, that despite difficult circumstances, endures. One of those relatives was his aunt who he referred to as “Sook”. For a part of his childhood lived in Monroeville Alabama with relatives on his mother’s side. Two holiday titles that I love and put me in the spirit are both short stories by Truman Capote.Ĭapote was born in 1924 and moved around a lot as a child. With the holidays comes a lot of media traditions, whether its listening to the old Christmas record, watching a specific movie, or enjoying a certain book. ![]() I’m not officially in the Holiday spirit until after Thanksgiving, even if the retail world wants me to be. Tis the season, as I reluctantly accept it. ![]()
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