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Translated by Sally Ross
ISBN 978-1-894838-26-9
$19.95 / 6 x 9 / 160 pp / pb
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ACADIAN CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS
Non-fiction by Georges Arsenault
"If you believe that Christmas hasn't evolved
in Acadie over the past 125 years, think again! The book is full
of tidbits, testimonials and even copies of newspaper ads."
- Brian
Cormier
Based on written sources and interviews with Acadians
throughout the Maritimes, Acadian Christmas Traditions
offers a fascinating look at the evolution of Christmas.
This very readable book shows how customs, both
spiritual and secular, take hold in families, in villages, and in
a culture as a whole.
Georges Arsenault, the well-known historian and
folklorist, examines all the aspects of the feast of Christmas,
from midnight mass to holiday foods. As he chronicles the cultural
changes that have taken place over the centuries, he proves that
Acadian Christmas today is the result of a wonderful blending of
old, new, and borrowed traditions.
ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR
Sally Ross is a writer and translator from Nova
Scotia, and is the author of Les Écoles acadiennes en Nouvelle
Écosse, 1758-2000 and co-author of the prize-winning book,
The Acadians of Nova Scotia. She also translated Georges
Arsenault's Acadian Legends, Folktales,
and Songs.
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