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African-American Holiday Traditions: Celebrating With Passion, Style, and Grace

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This book is the epitome of how family history, customs, and traditions should be passed along to remind younger generations and inspire kindred spirits and even strangers. As an individual reader, with no personal or cultural ties at all to these customs and traditions, I was totally enchanted by the emotional intensity and celebration of simple pleasures that this book so elegantly and poignantly expressed. From family-created prayers to carefully-crafted holiday displays to recipes (hey - I live in Charleston, South Carolina, the epicenter of the Gullah culture, where we KNOW what good food is!), this book is a cornucopia of the richness of authentic Black culture. Then, on the other hand, as the editor-in-chief of Corinthian Books (I wish we'd had a crack of snagging this book!) I must say that the graphic art design, layout, and typesetting of this book is absolutely world-class. What Antoinette Broussard has done, no one has ever done it better. - Dick Côté

Although I am admittedly biased as my mother, Doris Peeler-Brown and very close friend Margot Dashiell are featured in this compilation, it is still a wonderfully put together book.
There are many tasty recipes perfect for holiday entertaining and decorative ideas, including color pictures, to make your house beautiful.
If you have traditions with your family already, or if you are trying to create traditions, this book would be a wonderful asset to your library.