Yuletide Hearth

This heartwarming book of cozy fireplace settings, snow, and Christmas memories also traces the holiday history of the early 1800s farmhouse through its several owners. Since the early 1960s, the author's family has reveled in the mystery and joy that the aged hearths and original stone walls decorated inside with candles, wreaths, and holiday ornaments bring to each year's Yuletide. Interspersing her narrative and recollections with seasonal poetry, Christmas song, and story, author Katharine Z. Okie, Chester County, Pennsylvania, writer and preservationist, weaves a truly memorable Christmas essay. Beautiful photographs of the homestead in winter snow and Christmas decor accompany the text.