Christmas Memory, A by Truman Capote; 1996. Hardcover. (Modern Library)

First published in 1956, this autobiographical recollection of Truman Capote's rural Alabama boyhood has become a modern-day classic. Includes One Christmas and The Thanksgiving Visitor

Seven-year-old Buddy inaugurates the Christmas season by crying out to his cousin, Miss Sook Falk: "It's fruitcake weather!" Thus begins an unforgettable portrait of an odd but enduring friendship between two innocent souls--one young and one old--and the memories they share of beloved holiday rituals.