1. “A Christmas Memory”
By Truman Capote

2. Setting Details Alabama During the Great Depression (1930’s)
During time of Prohibition ( )
18th Amendment to the Constitution made the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages illegal throughout the United States.
[The use of alcohol was legal, however.]

3. Main Characters “Friend”—age 60 something
Character is based on Sook Faulk, Capote’s beloved elderly cousin and ‘surrogate’ mother
Narrator—Called “Buddy,” age 7
Truman Capote ( ) is the narrator of
this autobiographical story.

4. What is this?

5. Fruitcake Recipe Ingredients: Butter Raisins Eggs Orange rinds
Flour Cherries
Butter Raisins
Eggs Orange rinds
Whiskey Canned Hawaiian pineapple
Vanilla Citron
Ginger Walnuts
Spices (nutmeg, etc.) Pecans

6. Audio of “A Christmas Memory”

7. Stereopticon

8. Truman Capote’s “A Christmas Memory” video
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