This quote means regarding forged friendship among social outcasts.
Explanation:
A Christmas Memory exactly shows how friendship is important for 2 different persons. Truman Capote wrote this book during the Great Depression time.
He represented himself as the character called buddy. He had no friends in the neighborhoods but he was gathering whiskey and pecans to bake cakes. So that they can give it to strangers and the negative comments from those people.
That can prevent her cousin to bake cakes for the next season. Instead, they can reach other parts of the world and connected with people like Roosevelt.