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Christmas celebrations in Louisiana's Cajun country usually get under way on Dec
Christmas celebrations in Louisiana's Cajun country usually get under way on Dec

Christmas celebrations in Louisiana's Cajun country usually get under way on Dec

Date12/3/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Christmas celebrations in Louisiana's Cajun country usually get under way on Dec. 11 with a giant bonfire at Oak Alley Plantation on the Mississippi River. This alley leading up to the mansion was planted by Charles Durand who made a fortune growing sugar in the days before the Civil War.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0118287F
Travels through the two Louisianas and among the savage nations of the Missouri, also in the United States, along the Ohio, and the adjacent provinces(...)
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1807
A Cajun legend. Toronto Star Food editor Marion Kane welcomes Paul Prudhomme, here from Louisiana to promote his cookbook. He gave a demonstration at (...)
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McMaster University students' twelfth annual Christmas dinner, Residence Dining Hall, Wednesday, 7 p.m., Dec. 18th, 1901
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