[.ca] Christmas Gift! (ISBN 0929264592)

Times Gone By:
This story allows one to get lost in a time gone by, when life was slower and simpler. Family was treasured then and you would have given your shirt to get home to that family, especially at Christmas. Ferroll Sams really shares some of the most endearing traits of the South that will make Southerners close their eyes to day-dream about their past, and leave other readers wishing they could truly relate.

I read this out loud to my family every year.:
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.

Christmas Gift!:
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!

Christmas Gift! is a delightful family memoir.:
Christmas Gift! by Ferrol Sams is a delightful, sentimental story about his Christmas memories growing up in rural Georgia during the Depression. He talks about all the family traditions and the special ones he is trying to pass on to his grandchildren like the yelling of "Christmas Gift!" As an original Northerner, I felt like a reader from the South might relate to it more than I did, but I still enjoyed it.

Charming, tender account of a family's Christmas traditions:
Dr. Sams' personal reminiscense of the holiday season delivers both rich detail of his boyhood in the South of the Depression and the timeless emotions of sharing love and joy that are the essence of Christmas. This uplifting book is short enough to read and re-read each Christmas season. It would be a fine gift for anyone who treasures family traditions, historical detail, and the wonder and excitement of the holiday season. Delightful!