Christmas Gift! (Paperback)

by Ferrol Sams (Author)

Editorial Reviews

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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Product Description
In this timeless, touching holiday memoir drawing on his own experiences as a child of the Depression, master storyteller Ferrol Sams rekindles the sentiment and spirit of the Christmas season in a book that will capture the hearts of generations to come. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Delta (October 5, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385313993
• ISBN-13: 978-0385313995
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 7.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #680,823 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Christmas Gift!, January 23, 2000

By	Dena Sigman (Denver, North Carolina) - See all my reviews

Having been born and raised in the South, this book brought home memories of my own Christmases in the South. I could assign my own family member's names to his female family! I have to read this book every Christmas or something is missing from my celebration!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I read this out loud to my family every year., November 19, 1999

By A Customer

Sams weaves a marvelous tapestry of time and place, family and traditions, childhood dreams and aged wisdom into a beautiful story of Christmastime in rural Georgia. His poetic style is as riveting and splendid as the story itself.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's about family, April 25, 2000

By	David R. Grube (Philomath, OR USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Christmas Gift! (Hardcover)

Each year, at Thanksgiving or near Christmas, we drive to a nearby town for the celebration of a family holiday. We take this audiotape with us. And after many years, it remains fresh and new. Ferrol Sams has not only the magic gift of story-telling, he also IS a storyteller. This is priceless.