![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The story of Santa and Pete is an old tale brought over from the Old World incorporating African and European legends. I liked the book since it was about family traditions and the real meaning of the holidays whether on celebrates Christmas, Hannaukah, Three Kings Days, Kwanzaa, etc. This is a book I intend to share with my family, and to re-read each year at Christmas time! Over the course of several Saturdays, the driver and passenger become a community of sorts, all looking forward to the next installment of the story. But he dutifully boards the bus - and discovers that most of the passengers know his grandfather, and look forward to his tales of old New York. The young boy isn't too pleased - he'd rather being flying kites with his friends. They decide he should ride the bus his grandfather drives, from Harlem to Greenwich Village and back, on Saturdays. In short, the young narrator's parents decide he needs to know his grandfather better. And the framework is a completely plausible intergenerational story. ![]() It is also a well-constructed tale of New York City's earliest history. Santa & Pete is the most interesting version I've heard to date of the St. After reading it, I congratulated myself of my purchase! I have a collection of Christmas books and this seemed a good addition. I came across this little book in the used book section of an antique shop. ![]()
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