African-American holiday traditions
Subtitle: celebrating with passion, style, and grace
By: Antoinette Broussard.
Publisher: Citadel Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: African Americans -- Social life and customs.; Holidays -- United States.; Entertaining -- United States.; African American cookery.; African Americans -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
Genres: Biography; Anecdotes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 The Lure of the Season 3; title: 2 'Tis the Season 19; title: 3 Christmas Pleasures, Christmas Treasures 38; title: 4 Holiday Decorating, Our Way 50; title: 5 Keeping in Touch via Year-End Correspondence 70; title: 6 Spiritual Renewal and Religious Observance 76; title: 7 Holiday Recipes 94; title: 8 Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 119; title: 9 The Kwanzaa Celebration and Buffet 142; title: 10 Observing Ramadan 155; title: 11 New Year's Eve and Day 163; title: 12 The African Renaissance Comes Home 174; title: 13 Let the Good Times Roll, It's Mardi Gras 185; title: 14 When Easter Comes Around 194; title: 15 Cotillions, Beautillions, and More Great Party Ideas 207; title: 16 Juneteenth-A Celebration of Our Legacy 221.