Miracle on Appalachian Street - a photo on Flickriver

Miracle on Appalachian Street

            Who is that big-hearted soul at the local dollar store on the edge of Appalachia? Young Sue Ellen wanted to know. Her mamma said he was just a mountain man with a foreign accent who volunteered to collect holiday donations for the Salvation Army. The young girl sternly nodded her head. 

Sue Ellen was raised not to believe in fairy tales. 

Her mamma’s new boyfriend disagreed. 

"Don't dismiss traditions so lightly," he objected. "First, look how well the old man’s white beard is trimmed. His long beams of hair locks meticulously groomed. How could that possibly be an Appalachian man? Besides, that elderly elf has a toy doll in his hand, not a Salvation Army donation bucket. He is also wearing Christmas accouterments." He thought about Sue Ellen’s mamma, the lovely young divorcée Ms. Doris, and her certainty. He wasn’t sure he wanted to disagree with her. Yet he continued. "You have to admit, it is possible that old slicker could very well be Saint Nick in disguise coming down to look at the affairs of the holler. You cannot be certain that he is not."

(Hmm, this life-sized Eastern Kentucky craftwork doll displayed in the Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea sparked me to reimagine that an old classic Christmas movie of black and white New York streets be remade into a modern Appalachian color movie for the Hallmark Channel.)

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Taken in: United States / Kentucky / Blythewood Estates (historical) (show map)

Taken on: June 23, 2023

Tags:

Berea

Madison County

Kentucky

United States

doll

mountain man doll

Saint Nick doll

Santa Claus mannequin

folk art

Appalachian art

mountain folk art

Kentucky Artisan Center

made-in-Kentucky « less

Sets appears in: • Mannequins, statues, & dolls

Groups appears in: • Kentucky • Appalachia more » • Christmas All Year • Geotagged: Kentucky « less

Camera: Nikon D850, f/4.0, 1/100 sec, 21mm, ISO 1400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D850
Lens:	14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	21mm
ISO:	1400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 13.0.1 (Macintosh)
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