Journey to a region where all the perennials are said to bloom at midnight on Christmas Eve and where a family"s luck is determined by the first person to walk through their door on New Year"s Day. Spend a literary Christmas in Herrin, listen to the twelve bells of Belleville ring out the coming year and greet the three kings of Germantown at Epiphany. Whether you are a newcomer to southern Illinois or whether you feel like you have been singing "La Guiannée" since the tradition started in Prairie du Rocher in 1720, join John J. Dunphy for a season of sacred memories and merry recollections.