Storyteller Granny Sue: Stories from the Mountains and Beyond: Christmas! Lore, Recipes, Stories, and More

I have compiled a list of posts from my other blog that have ideas, stories, crafts, folklore, traditions and more about this holiday season.

From Yule and Solstice to Old Christmas to elves and paper stars and simple gifts to make, there is a bit of something for everyone in the list below.

Enjoy!

Mincemeat and the mincemeat tarts recipe

Green Tomato Mincemeat

How to Make Eggnog

Wassail! Recipe and Folklore
Date Bars recipe
Buckeye Candies and Peanut Butter Kisses

Mom's Trifle Recipe
Family and Christmas
My Family's Christmas Traditions
Apple Tree Wassailing
Twelfth Night
Making Fruitcake with my Sisters

Appalachian Christmas Traditions

The Recipe

The Christmas Elf
Make a $1.00 Christmas Wreath Natural Decorations

Low-cost Natural Decorations
Christmas Bouquet, quick and easy

Country Christmas Jars

Clove Orange Pomanders--pretty and a natural holiday scent
How to Make Paper Stars

The kissing ball, a good book for winter solstice and folklore
My Kissing Ball and how to make one

My poem about the Kissing Ball

Easy to Make Christmas Gifts-Vanilla and Rosemary Oil

St. Nicholas story and a recipe for a "Black Forest Good Works" cake
The Story of Mistletoe

A Story for the Season

The Coming of Yule
Story with a Simple Cut-and-Tell Pattern for Christmas
Mistletoe Legend and Lore

Christmas Story: The Christmas Spider

My Christmas in Iraq poem

Story of Why the Evergreens Never Lose Their Leaves

Story of the Little Tree Who Longed for other Leaves

Baboushka: A Christmas Story from Russia
Grandfather Frost
Here I Come a-Caroling

Our New Year's Bonfire

Old Christmas

The Passing of Christmas

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“Your performance received high praise from the audience and other tellers alike.

"Granny Sue Holstein is fast becoming a favorite with Pittsburgh audiences.” Mary, festival organizer

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“Granny Sue has been described as one of the few tellers that is equally effective with any age audience and her variety of material helps her present the right story for the right audience.” Bob, Storytelling Festival Director

“I never saw children sit so still and captured by stories.” Karen, library director

“The program was right on target. The presenter demonstrated how stories could be presented to encourage student involvement and present difficult themes in an accessible way. The program was just what we hoped for: relevant, informative, and entertaining.” Bill, conference director

“We liked the fact that you started to interact with the children before the program started which seems to set the mood and tone for the entire program.” Mary, librarian

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“My students sat spellbound listening to Granny Sue. She really connected to them. They did not want her to leave.” Cheryl, teacher

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“The way you connected with a group of teens with very different backgrounds and frame of reference was excellent.” Mark, Sales Director.

“Mrs. Holstein, thank you for telling ghost stories. I liked that better than anything!” Jamie, student

“You put into action a wonderful, quality program for our haunted house. Presentation was excellent!” Veronica, Bed and Breakfast operator

“Your commitment to fascinate and entertain our visitors with the tales and truths of Appalachia is unprecedented.” WVU Mountaineer Week

“Your wonderful storytelling and sparkling personality went a long way in making our celebration a success.” Nancy, festival organizer

“Spooky stories around the campfire really captured the audience’s attention.” Lynn, recreation director

“We were really excited to have an opportunity to expand the educational activities and it was with your help that it turned out so well.” Rosalie, festival director

“Granny Sue has the most hauntingly beautiful voice that went just right with her powerful story… She had the crowd in the palm of her hand. Just beautiful!” Karen, storyteller

"Granny Sue starts her tale by belting out the strains of a love song like a young Loretta Lynn… you must get her to tell you the tale of Rain and Snow, it's potent with emotion. Mel, storyteller

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