Review: Precious Memories
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 20, 2012
This wonderful book brought back so much; the jello molds, the smell of the pine tree in my grandmothers living room, the chill of the Christmas night air.  Joseph Bottom writes in a way that creates beautiful images that rise to bring back the scenes, the smells, the joy and the sadness of Christmas.  This will warm the hearts not only of South Dakotans but also for people like me.  I am from East Texas stock who celebrated Christmas in much the same way "Dakota Christmas" describes.  The description of the emptiness of the frozen prairie brought back to me the depth of the vast East Texas pine forests so dark and deep.This is not the sentimental Christmas book many of us are used to at the Christmas season.  No, this is a book that so clearly describes the way Christmas was for me as a child.  You will not regret reading this wonderful book.  Even though it is about Christmas in rural South Dakota, it is also about the universally known Christmas in whatever country you were reared.  A perfect short read.