Jennifer Liu Bryan and Hazel Cole Kendle are the new Cole Family storytellers. As Hazel remembers their family’s storyteller was, Ruble, who passed down to her the tale of a very special family Christmas that took place when Hazel’s father was working as a coal miner and the family was living in the small town of Benham, Kentucky. She often wished that she had paid more attention when her parents told stories of their upbringing in the mountains of Appalachia, or when her brothers and sisters spun tales of their childhood adventures. Now, as the last of the nine children in the family, she shares as much as she can of those family tales with new generations of the Cole family, a time to remember of home, hearth and family; a special granddaughter, grandmother project to share with your family.

Introduction

Jennifer Liu Bryan and Hazel Cole Kendle bring us old fashion family values in a great story and new book called the Cole Family Christmas. Yes Christmas, yip we are early but anyone with young children in their lives will want to get this book and I want to give you plenty of notice. The story is about small town America in the Appalachia Mountains and many of the adventures from the family. This is a special granddaughter/grandmother project that every family can get something from.

Tags: Appalachia, author, childhood advertures, Christmas, Cole, Dr Marlene, Dr Marlene Siersema, drmarlenebbs, family, goat, Hazel Cole Kendle, Hilda, Jennifer Liu Bryan, Kentucky, midlife change, Positive Talk, small town