It is sitting on the counter, right beside the bar in our condo, lending a festive note to the whole room. This Cajun Christmas Tree was given to us by Greta Barbour and John just tonight. I had never heard of such a thing, but here it is, lighting up the Christmas season, right in my own home.
We twelve dined together at Spice Avenue, an Indian Restaurant in Jackson. During dinner, this Cajun Christmas Tress was presented to us, appearing out of a large red bag. John is from Louisiana, so must know about Cajun Culture. Our Christmas gift is a large empty whiskey bottle. Stuffed inside the bottle and also wrapped around it, is a string of Christmas lights. Poking out of the top of the bottle is a small branch of pine tree, with Christmas ornaments hanging from the branch. When you plug in the lights, the whole thing sparkles with lights. It is a Cajun Christmas Tree and it is beautiful.
I wonder if John knows that we are from the home of the Cajuns? The Acadians were kicked out of Nova Scotia in 1755. Some of them ended up in Louisiana as Cajuns. The food served by Acadians in Nova Scotia is bland, for example, rappie pie, but the Cajun food in Louisiana is flavorful and delicious. I wonder what happened? And I wonder if you could see a Cajun Christmas Tree in Nova Scotia? Probably not. Too long ago. But we love our Cajun Christmas Tree. Thank you John and Greta Barbour.
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