A Christmas Memory

As Christmastime approaches in rural, Depression-era Alabama, a young boy and his best friend, an elderly woman distantly related to him, prepare for the impending holiday by gathering ingredients for their annual batch of fruitcakes for "people who've struck our fancy." On Christmas Eve, they talk with great anticipation of the next day, but underneath is the sad, almost unspoken knowledge that the boy is growing up and his cousin is getting older and frailer. Based on Truman Capote's autobiographical short story.

Cast

Geraldine Page Woman Donnie Melvin Buddy Lavinia Cassels Aunt

Christine Marler Aunt

Josip Elic HaHa

Lynn Forman Woman in Car

Win Forman Storekeeper Truman Capote Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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