Authors: Esmeralda Santiago, Joie Davidow
ISBN-13: 9780375701559, ISBN-10: 0375701559
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Date Published: October 1999
Edition: 1 VINTAGE
Esmeralda Santiago is the author of the memoirs When I Was Puerto Rican and Almost a Woman, as well as a novel, América's Dream. She lives in Westchester County, New York.
Joie Davidow was a founder of the L.A. Weekly, L.A. Style magazine, and Sí, a national Latino lifestyle publication. She lives in Los Angeles.
Twenty-five celebrated Latino writers delight and move us with their recollections of Christmas in this splendid holiday extravaganza.
From Julia Alvarez's tale of how Santicló delivered a beloved uncle from political oppression to Junot Díaz's story of his own uneasy assimilation on his first Christmas in America, to Sandra Cisneros's poignant memories of her late father's holiday dinners, Las Christmas gives us true stories from writers of many traditions--memories of Christmas and Hanukkah that vividly capture the pride and pain, joy and heartbreak, that so often accompany the holidays in the Americas.
Richly illustrated and embellished with songs and poems, along with recipes for an unforgettable Christmas dinner--from traditional sweet tamales to Puerto Rican asopao (stew) and coquito (coconut eggnog)--this is an enduring treasury of Latino writing to read again and again.
A heartwarming holiday gift.
Introduction | ||
Dulce de Naranja | 3 | |
The Three Kings Lose Their Way | 13 | |
PeMex Xmas | 17 | |
Good Night to Nochebuena | 23 | |
Big Calzones | 33 | |
Merry Crisis and a Hyper New Year! | 43 | |
Charity | 51 | |
Switching to Santiclo | 59 | |
Next Year in Havana | 67 | |
Nurturing the Wild Beast of Christmas | 71 | |
Oranges and the Christmas Dog | 79 | |
A Baby Doll Like My Cousin Jenny's | 87 | |
A Christmas Like No Other | 95 | |
It's Magic! | 105 | |
Barrio Humbug! | 117 | |
Un Poquito de Tu Amor | 127 | |
A Christmas Tree | 133 | |
The Gift of a Cuento | 139 | |
Colors Breathing Themselves into the Body | 149 | |
I Didn't Go Home (Christmas 1941) | 155 | |
Argue Not Concerning God | 161 | |
Oy! What a Holiday! | 169 | |
A Little Bit of Bliss | 175 | |
Nuestra Navidad en Chicago | 187 | |
(A Villancico from Peru) | 20 | |
(A Christmas Song from Ecuador) | 50 | |
(An Argentine Folk Song) | 75 | |
Jibarismos | 93 | |
(Asking for Lodging) | 113 | |
(The Holiday Assault) | 194 | |
Menu | ||
Acknowledgments | 197 |