Southern Living: This Southern City Is An Unexpected Christmas Destination But Has A Magic All Its Own

From Southern Living, “How to have a Crescent City Christmas.

If Mardi Gras is New Orleans’ bread and butter, Christmas is the dessert. Come December, hotel lobbies are illuminated, palm trees shimmer, and restaurants roll out seasonal specialties. Carols swirl into the song of the Vieux Carré, adding to the familiar strains of jazz standards that pour through the streets. It couldn’t be simpler to plan an over-the-top getaway here—it is the Big Easy, after all.

The city’s soundtrack changes ever so slightly this time of year. The notes of a saxophone playing “Silver Bells” tumble through the French Quarter, carried along on an almost-cool breeze. At the corner of St. Peter and Royal Streets, a tuba begins its rumbling and a trombone squeals; the instruments sparkle in the sunlight, glinting gold amid a gathering crowd. The sidewalks bustle with people heading in all different directions, whether for celebratory dinners, drinks in glittering bars, or antiques shops for gifts.”

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