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DECEMBER 2019

Features

A Holiday Poem for the Ages

Seventy years ago, Elinor Hawkins’s professor asked her to choose a book she’d collect for the rest of her life. She picked “The Night Before Christmas.” Today, she has more than 1,000 copies.

by Susan Stafford Kelly
Central

The Finest Firs

At the Pinehurst Festival of Trees, wander through a forest of exquisitely decorated Christmas trees — and share the spirit of the season with children in need.

by Susan Stafford Kelly
Recipes

A Vintage Recipe: Ambrosia

Ambrosia was such a treat that many families reserved a cut-glass or crystal bowl solely for displaying and serving it.

by Sheri Castle
Food

But Once a Year: 5 Vintage Christmas Recipes

Cherished family recipes, passed down like prized heirlooms, seem extra special on the holiday table. One bite, one whiff, is time travel.

by Sheri Castle
Recipes

A Vintage Recipe: Cheese Coins with Cream Cheese & Pepper Jelly

No party is complete without these bite-size appetizers.

by Sheri Castle
Recipes

Vintage Red Velvet Cake

Sheri Castle’s red velvet cake is a classic, down to the old-school ermine frosting.

by Sheri Castle
Recipes

Hash Brown Casserole

Carb loading for gift opening: This recipe is a savory way to fuel up before — or after — the mad dash on Christmas morning.

by Sheri Castle
A Core Sound Christmas: Crab Pot Christmas Trees in Marshallberg, North Carolina
Features

A Core Sound Christmas

With a name like Nick, this Down East businessman may have been destined to invent a new kind of Christmas tree.

by Bill Morris
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