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Contents: On Exhibit – Virginia’s Proud Women (A new exhibit on Virginia women fills in the gaps left by the history books.), Food – Tamales for the Holidays (A cook in Albuquerque prepares New Mexico specialties that are just as traditional as the turkey and trimmings served elsewhere.), Crafts – Profiles on Paper (A mother-and-daughter team learned how to cut silhouettes that are compared to nineteenth-century masterpieces.), Collecting – Santa’s Many Faces (From the dour early version to the “jolly old elf” of today, a professor of art collects all sorts of Saint Nicks.), Decorating – Flowers of Yule (Each Christmas forty rooms of Meadow Brook are transformed into showcases of Victorian floral art.), Sculpture – Graveyard Gothics (The Piedmont’s one-of-a-kind gravestones have caused much speculation and puzzlement.), Customs – A Tribe’s Many Thanksgivings (The Narragansett Indians have revived many tribal customs, including a series of colorful seasonal thanksgivings.), Books – Meow Power (An illustrated book about cats in advertising.)
Issue: November – December 1984
Condition: Very Good