THE QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER OF THE HISTORIC TOXAWAY FOUNDATION
Winter 2024
This holiday season, we give thanks:
To our donors and partners,
to our local businesses,
to our community residents,
and to our area visitors.
HTF exists not only because of you;
our Foundation exists for you!
Happy Holidays
IN THIS ISSUE:
Take A Break From The Bustle
2024 Annual Appeal
The Winter Solstice: An Essay
Take A Break from the Bustle
Give yourself over to a quiet moment and lose yourself in a holiday story. Here's two we found enjoyable—one for grown-ups and one for kids!
What Christmas Is
As We Grow Older
In an essay written by Charles Dickens for Household Words magazine in 1851, his growing disillusionment with the holiday season shifts with a return to the youthful optimism that gives Christmas-time its magic.
This unforgettable tale, illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Barbara Cooney, has become a seasonal classic — a touching and joyful story about courage and the power of family.
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The Winter Solstice
BURN SOMETHING TODAY
"It’s dark. I am up early enough to see the stars. The porch light on the house across the street shines bright enough to bring shadows into the room. The neighborhood is still. The rattling newspaper delivery truck has not yet been by, the morning news not yet tossed on stoops. Frost not dew, the grass is stiff; a woman scrapes ice off her windshield and I feel it in my teeth. Mothwinged darkness opens itself widest now. Today is the shortest day of the year."
