Foxfire warms up the Season

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County High School students Isaac Craig, Andy Leff, Isabel Craine, Leizle Mason, Sarabeth Speed and Marlena Turpin sing holiday songs near the Warwoman Cabin and Phillips Cabin at the Dec. 16 annual “A Foxfire Christmas” in Mountain City. Left: Kim Cannon from the Rabun County Public Library read a variety of books that depicted pioneer life in the Appalachian Mountains on the Shooting Creek Cabin porch.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Foxfire volunteer Cathy Stiles heats up corn kernels over hot embers to make popcorn at the Dec. 16 “A Foxfire Christmas” in Mountain City. The popcorn was strung on string around the Christmas tree and, yes, some of the popcorn also was eaten. Left: Kim Cannon from the Rabun County Public Library read a variety of books that depicted pioneer life in the Appalachian Mountains on the Shooting Creek Cabin porch.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Joe Williams works in the blacksmith shop at Foxfire. Left: Kim Cannon from the Rabun County Public Library read a variety of books that depicted pioneer life in the Appalachian Mountains on the Shooting Creek Cabin porch.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. With Foxfire volunteer Laura West taking a family photo, Natalie Strasser and John Strasser pose with their 2-year-old daughter Savannah as they sit on the porch of the Foxfire miniature house, ironically, named the Savannah Cabin in the Children’s Village during the Dec. 16 “A Foxfire Christmas” event. Left: Kim Cannon from the Rabun County Public Library read a variety of books that depicted pioneer life in the Appalachian Mountains on the Shooting Creek Cabin porch.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Laura Blackwell (from left) helps Hayes Blackwell while Haylei Cross assists Connor Cross decorating large pine cones at “A Foxfire Christmas” in Mountain City. Left: Kim Cannon from the Rabun County Public Library read a variety of books that depicted pioneer life in the Appalachian Mountains on the Shooting Creek Cabin porch.