Tasha Tudor Says ~

"Tasha Tudor says, 'Christmas is one of our most exciting celebrations and we spend months planning a marionette show and making presents for this special time of year.  In the long, back room of the house known as the winter kitchen, there is a large fireplace and brick oven, such as may be found in most old New England houses.  Here stands the settle and behind it is the Christmas chest.  Into this chest, the year 'round, go presents and surprises of all shapes and sizes.  Certain drawers and closets, too, are forbidden territory.'
"Christmas is the most joyous season of the year for Tasha Tudor and her family, and their celebration of this holiday embraces both the reverently religious and the festive secular aspects, in the New England tradition...
"On the rolling land is a large stand of timber, providing not only the family Christmas trees, but lumber for the barns and wood for the wide, old-fashioned fireplaces."

~ The Tasha Tudor Christmas Book TAKE JOY!  Illustrations Tasha Tudor, The World Publishing Company, 1966.
Photo:  Cayuga Village Green, Dec., 2012.  lbw files.

Tasha Tudor, American writer, illustrator (1915 - 2008)