

The largely autobiographical story, which takes place in the 1930s, describes a period in the lives of the seven-year-old narrator and an elderly woman who is his distant cousin and best friend.

It was issued in a stand-alone hardcover edition by Random House in 1966, and it has been published in many editions and anthologies since.

Originally published in Mademoiselle magazine in December 1956, it was reprinted in The Selected Writings of Truman Capote in 1963. " A Christmas Memory" is a short story by Truman Capote. Home is where my friend is, and there I never go.” -A Christmas Memory, Truman Capote The People's Party: BIPOC Affinity Nights.
