Do you have a bully, stalker, or ex you need to tell back the fuck off? Look no further than the obscure, yet powerful New Orleans Voudou loa Annie Christmas. 💪💪💪 She's the Daughter of the Mississippi River, tall, some say 6 foot 8, 250 pounds! She had dark ebony skin and piercing eyes that sparkled as she worked the docks along the River doing many activities typically saved for men. Defying the norms of both a male-dominated workplace and society, Annie Christmas became a well-respected keelboat captain. Poling a keelboat is a job that requires a tremendous amount of strength as the boats typically carry people and heavy supplies such as bales of cotton. But, Annie Christmas was a woman with superhuman power. She was stronger than any man and feared no one. She was completely self-reliant and could protect herself and others better than any man could. 💪💪💪 It is said she dressed in men's clothing typical of the day while at work on the docks, but in the evenings she wore a red silk dress and wore a hat adorned with with turkey or peacock feathers. Like Marie Laveaux, she could get away with not wearing the law enforced tignon required by all women of color and if she did wear one, it was because she wanted to and not because some racist society told her she had to. 💪💪💪 But it's her defense of the underdog and absolute intolerance of bullies that endeared me most to her. They say if she was walking along and saw a man picking on someone -anyone - she would walk right on over to him and deck him. She could lay a dude out with one punch. She would tell him that was his warning and if he didn't want to end up a pearl on her necklace he best STFU. And she had a long, beautiful pearl necklace, each pearl memorializing an epic ass whooping! Some reports say her necklace was a good 30 feet long!!! 💪💪💪 I've worked with her for years and painted this image of her. You can find fixed conjure candles on my website with the image on it. https://www.creolemoon.com/store/p66/annie-christmas-candle.html #nobullies #anniechristmas #neworleansvoodoo #fixedconjurecandles #candles (at Prescott, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/creole_moon/p/BxA_onig31S/?igshid=1bj9fmupud5s9
