CRAFT IN AMERICA: Holiday

Stream now with the PBS app + YouTube + Watch Friday, July 25, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2

Embrace traditions, both familiar and new – all part of our American experience with the handmade. “Holiday” celebrates some of our most important traditions:

• Nordic folk woodcarver Harley Refsal brings to life the rich history of winter solstice.
• Clay artist Susan Garson creates fanciful Chanukah menorahs.
• George Vanderbilt’s opulent turn-of-the-century Christmas is recreated at the Biltmore in Asheville, North Carolina.
• Daring chefs make lavish gingerbread houses for the competition at Grove Park Inn.
• Navidad is celebrated in San Antonio with religious processions, tamales and Kathleen Trenchard’s sparkling luminarias.
• Garcia Art Glass makes colorful ornaments, and Veronica Castillo creates a traditional Mexican Tree of Life.
  

The Emmy-nominated and Peabody Award-winning CRAFT IN AMERICA, now in its fifth season, promotes and advances original handcrafted work and inspires people of all ages to pursue their own creativity. CRAFT IN AMERICA is on Facebook, @CraftinAmerica on Twitter

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“Nacimiento (Nativity) Tree of Life” by Veronica Castillo.

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Entry at the annual Grove Park Inn Gingerbread Competition.

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Teen Third Place winner of the 2012 National Gingerbread House Competition by Lilli McFerrin.

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“Fete Fiesta Festival” by Kathleen Trenchard.

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Bird Menorah by Susan Garson.

Courtesy of Susan Garson

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