12/8/2025
A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
I think during the holiday season it’s a comfort to the spirit to read something tender and uplifting. If you haven’t already read it, A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote fits the bill. If you’ve already read it, it’s worth a reread.
Best friends come in different shapes and sizes. The story (autobiographical) tracks an odd, but heartwarming, friendship between a lonely seven-year-old boy and his old, and a little bit dotty, cousin. Together they follow their annual quest to make fruitcakes for the holidays. Funny, uplifting, tender, sad – you will find your own memories of friendship and the season come flooding back.
It’s one of a kind, and as Miss Sook Falk reflects, “There’s never two of anything.” This year I’m reading it to my 11 and 15-year-old grandkids.
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Posted: January 19, 2026 by J Flaugher
12/8/2025
A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
I think during the holiday season it’s a comfort to the spirit to read something tender and uplifting. If you haven’t already read it, A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote fits the bill. If you’ve already read it, it’s worth a reread.
Best friends come in different shapes and sizes. The story (autobiographical) tracks an odd, but heartwarming, friendship between a lonely seven-year-old boy and his old, and a little bit dotty, cousin. Together they follow their annual quest to make fruitcakes for the holidays. Funny, uplifting, tender, sad – you will find your own memories of friendship and the season come flooding back.
It’s one of a kind, and as Miss Sook Falk reflects, “There’s never two of anything.” This year I’m reading it to my 11 and 15-year-old grandkids.
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