A Christmas Memory Play Review
A Christmas Memory play review
By,
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Based on the holiday classic by Truman Capote
"A Christmas Memory" is about a young boy, referred to as "Buddy," and his older cousin, who is called Sook. The boy grown up is the narrator, and his older cousin, who is eccentric and childlike, is his best friend. They live in Monroeville, Alabama with two other cousins, who are authoritative and stern, and have a dog named Queenie. The family is very poor, but Buddy looks forward to Christmas every year nevertheless, and he and his elderly cousin save their pennies for this occasion. Every year at Christmastime, Buddy and Sook collect pecans and buy whiskey, from a scary American Indian bootlegger named Haha Jones, as well as many other ingredients to make fruitcakes. They send these cakes to acquaintances they have met only once or twice, and to people they've never met at all, like President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This year, after the two have finished the elaborate four-day production of making fruitcakes, Sook decides to celebrate by finishing off the remaining whiskey in the bottle. This leads to the two of them becoming drunk, and being severely reprimanded by angry relatives. The next day Buddy and Sook go to a faraway grove, which Sook has proclaimed the best place, by far, to chop down Christmas trees. They manage to take back a large and beautiful tree, despite the arduous trek back home. They spend the following days making decorations for the tree and presents for the relatives, Queenie, and each other. Buddy and Sook keep their gifts to each other a secret, although Buddy assumes Sook has made him a kite, as she has every year. He has made her a kite, too. Then they exchange their joyful presents to each other: the two kites. In a beautiful hidden meadow, they fly the kites that day in the clear winter sky, while eating Sook’s Christmas oranges. Sook thinks of this as heaven, and says that God and heaven must be like this. It is their last Christmas
By,
*unnamed*
Based on the holiday classic by Truman Capote
"A Christmas Memory" is about a young boy, referred to as "Buddy," and his older cousin, who is called Sook. The boy grown up is the narrator, and his older cousin, who is eccentric and childlike, is his best friend. They live in Monroeville, Alabama with two other cousins, who are authoritative and stern, and have a dog named Queenie. The family is very poor, but Buddy looks forward to Christmas every year nevertheless, and he and his elderly cousin save their pennies for this occasion. Every year at Christmastime, Buddy and Sook collect pecans and buy whiskey, from a scary American Indian bootlegger named Haha Jones, as well as many other ingredients to make fruitcakes. They send these cakes to acquaintances they have met only once or twice, and to people they've never met at all, like President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This year, after the two have finished the elaborate four-day production of making fruitcakes, Sook decides to celebrate by finishing off the remaining whiskey in the bottle. This leads to the two of them becoming drunk, and being severely reprimanded by angry relatives. The next day Buddy and Sook go to a faraway grove, which Sook has proclaimed the best place, by far, to chop down Christmas trees. They manage to take back a large and beautiful tree, despite the arduous trek back home. They spend the following days making decorations for the tree and presents for the relatives, Queenie, and each other. Buddy and Sook keep their gifts to each other a secret, although Buddy assumes Sook has made him a kite, as she has every year. He has made her a kite, too. Then they exchange their joyful presents to each other: the two kites. In a beautiful hidden meadow, they fly the kites that day in the clear winter sky, while eating Sook’s Christmas oranges. Sook thinks of this as heaven, and says that God and heaven must be like this. It is their last Christmas