John Henry Faulk’s Christmas Story

By Miss Cellania in Christmas on Dec 24, 2008 at 9:49 pm

John Henry Faulk told this Christmas story on NPR in 1974. They published it on the web in 2005. It’s still a wonderful story.

The day after Christmas a number of years ago, I was driving down a country road in Texas. And it was a bitter cold, cold morning. And walking ahead of me on the gravel road was a little bare-footed boy with non-descript ragged overalls and a makeshift sleeved sweater tied around his little ears. I stopped and picked him up. Looked like he was about 12 years old and his little feet were blue with the cold. He was carrying an orange.

Read the rest at NPR. Link (via Metafilter)

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Timmothy
Dec 24th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Total PR BS. Ever walk barefoot in bitter cold? I have, and my feet were numb after 100 feet of walking….

I call bullshit.

But sit around and read this crap story and have fun with it on Christmas if you’re that stupid.
Johnny Cat
Dec 24th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Wow, what a great story. And Sam Jackson is one guy who gets around.

This reminds me of growing up on a farm, when the true gift of Christmas was the gathering of family and food, and all the evils of the world just melt away.
nick
Dec 25th, 2008 at 12:28 am
i really tried to read it all but i just couldn’t follow and lost interest. i really am a festive person though. remember the true meaning of christmas every one. celebrate the best you can, and keep that joy in your heart all year long. merry christmas everyone!
Johnny Cat
Dec 25th, 2008 at 12:30 am
There’s an audio link right there on the top. You gotta hear it.

The guy’s voice makes the story even better.
Christophe
Dec 25th, 2008 at 12:38 am
All the things we take for granted…

Merry Christmas to y’all!
Bendy
Dec 25th, 2008 at 6:36 am
Beautiful story! I liked it a lot.
pjmoore
Dec 25th, 2008 at 8:58 am
My dad was born in 1906. His family wasn’t dirt poor, but not well to do either. Most of his Christmas’ as a young boy consisted of an orange. It was a *huge* luxury to have fruit shipped all the way from Florida at that time. I definitely understand that young boy being very impressed with his Christmas orange.
Bret Hammond
Dec 25th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

My parents were a lot like pjmoore’s. Getting an orange on Christmas was a real treat. As a child I never really understood why there was always an orange in my stocking on Christmas. It’s amazing how much the world has changed.
Edward
Dec 25th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
Thank-you.

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