Truman Capote, “A Christmas Memory” (1956).
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I used to love that TV special--narrated by Capote.
ReplyDelete(Haven't seen it in years but his voice lingers.)
P.S. I forgot to say, Merry Christmas!
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Thanks. I know about the recording, but I didn’t know about a movie. I’ll have to look on YouTube.
ReplyDeleteMy professor Jim Doyle, who became a beloved figure at the Vermont state school where he returned to teaching, used to read the story every year. I think it was something of a campus event.
YouTube has it, with Geraldine Page.
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