Posts Tagged ‘stories’

Whatever Happened to Christmas?

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Remember when no one started Christmas shopping until after Thanksgiving? Wisconsin author LeAnn R. Ralph remembers it very well. “When I was growing up on our dairy farm forty years ago, the stores didn’t put up Christmas displays until the day after Thanksgiving. No one was really thinking about Christmas shopping before that,” Ralph said. [...]

Book Review: Christmas in Dairyland

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Author/PublisherChristmas in Dairylandby LeAnn R. RalphPublished by LeAnn R. RalphE6689 970th Ave. Colfax, WI 54730Printed by Booklocker.comISBN 1-59113-366-1$13.95, 2003, 153 pages ReviewerBoyd SuttonSiren, Wisconsinmaxdude@centurytel.net Description of the Book Christmas in Dairyland is a collection of short, true stories about a little girl growing up on a small dairy farm in Wisconsin in the early 1960s. [...]