Memories of an Akron Christmas by Jeri Holland

By Jeri Holland

sign up for writer Jeri Holland as she explores Christmas traditions practiced by means of Summit County pioneers over the last 2 hundred years. notice the multicultural impacts on numerous toys and presents shared between modern households, and revel in track produced by means of the rubber businesses for the joy of Akron-area voters. From letters to Santa to neighborhood nostalgia, this publication has it all.

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