A celebration of holiday poetry, fiction, essays, recipes, and songs by more than sixty of the Bluegrass state’s finest writers. Gathered here are writings from some of the legendary voices of Kentucky—and the nation—as well as original Christmas stories and poetry from some of the state’s emerging talents. Among the contributors to this handsome collection are Kentucky’s visionaries, storytellers, historians, singers, cooks, children’s authors, and poets, including all five Kentucky Poet Laureates. A delight for anyone interested in Kentucky literature, history, or traditions, A Kentucky Christmas promises to be a wonderful holiday gift, a treasured family keepsake, and a necessary addition for libraries and for personal collections.

George Ella Lyon is the award-winning author of more than thirty books for children and adults, including With a Hammer for My Heart, Catalpa, Borrowed Children, and Mother to Tigers. She lives in Lexington, Kentucky.

Includes stories by:

Dainne Aprile	Jane Gentry	Maurice Manning	Frederick Smock
Harriette Simpson Arnow	Janice Holt Giles	Belina Mason	Peggy Steele
Rebecca Bailey	Sarah Gorham	Bobbie Ann Mason	Kathleen Welsh Hill Sterling
Wendell Berry	Jonathan Greene	Kathy May	Al Stewart
Sallie Bingham	James Baker Hall	Thomas Merton	James Still
Joy Bale Boone	Wade Hall	Jim Wayne Miller	Jesse Stuart
Marie Bradby	Pauletta Hansel	Maureen Morehead	Joe Survant
Harry Caudill	Chris Holbrook	John Jacob Niles	Dorothy Sutton
Billy C. Clark	Silas House	Chris Offut	Richard Taylor
Thomas D. Clark	Harlan Hubbard	Jane Olmsted	Mary Ann Taylor-Hall
Linda Scott Derosier	Marcia Hurlow	Frank Olsen	Frank X Walker
David Dick	Loyal Jones	Lynn Pruett	Jan Walters-Cook
Leon Driskell	Leatha Kendrick	Jean Ritchie	Clifford Wieck
Kim Edwards	Carolyn Jo Lacy	Elizabeth Madox Roberts	Crystal Wilkinson
George Eklund	Ronni Lundy	Anne Shelby	Jeff Worley
John Fox Jr.	Loretta Lynn	Graham Shelby	Marianne Worthington
Martha Gehringer	George Ella Lyon	Pamela Shingler

Reviews:

"The perfect volume for anyone with an interest in the literature of Kentucky, its history and traditions."--Oxford (MS) Eagle

"A collection of holiday poetry, fiction, essays, recipes, and songs gathered from over sixty different authors. . . . This is a legacy of literature for anyone from Kentucky or those interested in its rich literary history."--Christian Library Journal

"This cornucopia of a book will appeal to all who count the season as the best time of the year."--Southern Living

“Superb. . . . A rich, diverse collection. . . . . A treasure every Kentuckian should own.”—Lexington Herald-Leader

“Readers get a gigantic gift full of literary goodies—some 337 pages—under the tree. With appearances by more than 60 of the state’s finest writers who share holiday stories poems, songs and essays, there should be something for anyone who opens this package.”—Kentucky Monthly

“This book will become a holiday classic.”—Suite101.com

“This book could accurately be called ‘A Kentucky Christmas Tree,’ since it is a structure with various good-sized branches, all hung or draped with bits of holiday cheer.”—Appalachian Center Newsletter

“Contains poems, stories, and essays that range from heartwarming to downright sad.”—Ohioana Quarterly

"Celebrates Kentucky traditions from the first Christmas on the Falls of the Ohio to settlement days along the Cumberland to Appalachian country store windows on Christmas Eve."--Floyd County Times