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    Réveillon Dinners - A Creole Christmas Feast in the French Quarter

    In the 1800s, Creole families came home from midnight Mass on Christmas Eve to a long, lavish meal called Réveillon, from the French word for awakening. The custom faded in the 20th century, but today dozens of New…

    Address
    713 St Louis St, New Orleans, LA 70130
    Nearest transit
    Canal Street streetcar, Canal at Bourbon stop, 6-min walk
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    Bonfires on the Levee - A Christmas Eve Tradition on the Mississippi

    On Christmas Eve, communities in St James Parish, about an hour upriver from New Orleans, light dozens of bonfires along the Mississippi levee. Local legend says the fires guide Papa Noël, the Cajun Santa Claus, along…

    Address
    River Road (LA 44), Lutcher, LA 70071
    Nearest transit
    No public transport; about 1 hour by car from New Orleans via I-10 and LA 641
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    Steamboat Natchez - Holiday Jazz on the Mississippi

    The Natchez is an authentic steam-powered sternwheeler, built in 1975 in the style of the great 19th-century Mississippi riverboats. Before each departure, its steam calliope, an organ played with whistles, sends tunes…

    Address
    400 Toulouse St, New Orleans, LA 70130
    Nearest transit
    Riverfront streetcar, Toulouse Street area stop, 2-min walk
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    Hermann-Grima House - A Creole Christmas in an 1831 Townhouse

    Built in 1831, the Hermann-Grima House is one of the best-preserved historic homes in the French Quarter, with an elegant Federal-style facade, a courtyard garden and one of the few working open-hearth kitchens left in…

    Address
    820 St Louis St, New Orleans, LA 70112
    Nearest transit
    Canal Street streetcar, Canal at Bourbon stop, 6-min walk
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    Sugar Bowl - College Football at the Caesars Superdome

    First played in 1935, the Sugar Bowl is one of the oldest college football bowl games in the United States, and today it forms part of the College Football Playoff. The game is held at the Caesars Superdome around the…

    Address
    1500 Sugar Bowl Dr, New Orleans, LA 70112
    Nearest transit
    Loyola Avenue streetcar, Loyola at Poydras stop, 5-min walk

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