Title: When Christmas Was Real
Description: Award-winning author, Dixon Hearne weaves together stories, memoir, and poetry in this nostalgic collection -- and concludes with several classic Christmas tales. The stories are not linked by character, but are instead sewn tightly with his gift for voice and vernacular, and stunning ability to evoke the spirit of Christmas.
Subjects: Christmas, short stories, memoirs, poetry, nostalgia, southern stories
Places: Louisiana, West Monroe, LA, Trenton
Time periods: Primarily during the Great Depression - 1960's