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Best Holiday Events

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The holiday season is always fun in New Orleans, with great shopping, holiday home and garden tours and great college football, New Orleans is the place to be.

1. Celebration in the Oaks

New Orleans' most beloved holiday event. From the day after Thanksgiving until early January, City Park is turned into the most beautiful wonderland. A must see for all locals and visitors of all ages.

  • City Park photos
  • The Scuplture Garden in City Park
  • Pictoral tour of the Sculpture Garden
  • 2. Concerts in St. Louis Cathedral

    These Christmas concerts at St. Louis Cathedral are scheduled at 6 pm on many occasions in December.

    3. Reveillon Dinners

    A wonderful 19th Century Creole tradition, Reveillon Dinners are still celebrated in restaurants all over New Orleans.

    4. Tours Of Historic Homes And Properties

    Whether it's the Beauregard-Keyes House, Gallier House, the Lousiana Museum's 1850's house, the Old Ursuline Convent, or and the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum in the French Quarter, or the Garden District Uptown, New Orleans residences are beautifully decorated for the holidays and many are open to the public.

    5. Sugar Bowl

    The Sugar Bowl is a great time for college football fans.

    6. Holiday Shopping

    Skip the malls and shop New Orleans style on Magazine Street and the French Quarter.

    7. Holiday Character Strolls

    The “Louisiana Living History Project” sponsors this popular tradition, as famous Louisiana characters stroll through the French Quarter, telling their stories and cementing their place in history. Thouughout December.

    8. New Orleans Bowl

    The New Orleans Bowl is held every December and is a fun college football weekend.
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