![]() ![]() It describes a depression-era period in the lives of the seven-year-old narrator and an elderly woman who is his distant cousin and his best friend. Largely autobiographical, the story, takes place in the 1930s. It has become a read-aloud story for many families at Christmas time. The short story, A Christmas Memory, was written by Truman Capote and first published in Mademoiselle magazine in the mid-1950s. The story was issued as a stand-alone book in a hardcover edition by Random House in 1966. Just today the fireplace commenced its seasonal roar. ![]() A great black stove is its main feature but there is also a big round table and a fireplace with two rocking chairs placed in front of it. Consider the kitchen of a spreading old house in a country town. A coming of winter morning more than thirty years ago. The story Capote wrote begins with these words: ![]()
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