Description
Contents: Christmas – Winterthur Decks the Halls (Against a rich backdrop of antiques and scholarship, a shining array of historic Yuletide festivities light up the season), Nostalgia – Taking the World by (Snow) Storm (With their glittering miniature worlds, snowdomes hold a special place in our national affections. A new book celebrates them all – from tacky tourist to classical Christmas), Crafts – The Potters of Seagrove (Modern generations of North Carolina artisans carry on their community’s venerable folk traditions), Collecting – ‘Tis the Season to Collect (A dollar box of old ornaments bought on a whim has kept Bob Brenner collecting Christmas for twenty-three years straight.), Travel – Dance of the Matachines (In one of the hemisphere’s oldest rituals, Hispanic and Indian performers re-enact Hernando Cortes’s sixteenth-century conquest of the New World.), Restoration – Coming Around Again (A talented team breathes new life into the spirited steeds and stately lions who preside over a landmark Brooklyn carousel.), Exhibit – Still Smiling at 75 (For her diamond jubilee, Raggedy Ann and creator Johnny Gruelle have earned a rousing Hoosier salute.)
Issue: December 1990
Condition: Very Good