Southern Breeze 2007 Holiday Issue - (Page 37) Hungry for a N’Awlins white Christmas? Dive into a couple of Beignets and watch the powered sugar fly! S BEIGNETS BY CATHERINE JUCHHEIM. anta and I go way back. There’s the time he landed on my roof and his sleigh bells woke me up. Then one year I know he got my Christmas list because he read it over the radio, although he did seem a bit perturbed—it was thorough, a two-page list with Sears Roebuck catalog pages attached, toys circled. He muttered something about a 30-minute show. The secret to believing? Patience and making sure all your friends and relatives get a copy of your Christmas list. For 20 years my number one wish in bold letters: SNOW ON CHRISTMAS. He delivered on December 25, 2004, when New Orleans was covered in a blanket of snow. My family thought I was nuts (what’s new) when I went outside screaming, “Thank you Santa, I knew you could do it!” Okay, I admit it, I’m a Christmas junkie, and what better place to savor the season than New Orleans? Join more than 100 festivities during the Christmas New Orleans Style month-long event organized by the people at French Quarter Festival Inc. (FQFI). Ring in the holidays Dixiestyle with a gala tour of music, cuisine, events, art, culture, sports, and shopping. Blaze a jolly trail dazzled by twinkling lights on iron-laced balconies and sprawling oaks in City Park. Break bread with family and friends in an old Creole dining tradition called Reveillon. Bebop to a new groove with gospel, jazz, and R&B in free evening concerts at the St. Louis Cathedral, or rock the night away in clubs all across the Big Easy. “It’s Christmas music funked up New Orleans style,” says Jeremy Schachner, FQFI marketing and merchandise director. “Not the same music your grandmother listened to.” story by DEBORAH BURST photography by ALEX DEMYAN From the traditional levee bonfires lighting Papa Noel’s way into the city (above, left) delicious beignets accompanied by jazzy Christmas tunes (above) and decorated French Quarter ironwork (opposite), New Orleans knows how to ring in the holidays! Holiday 2007 37
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Southern Breeze 2007 Holiday Issue Editor's Letter Contributor Gumbo Words & Notes Coastal Calendar Storefronts Sweet Dreams Art of Living Fixtures Our Backyard Make Yourself at Home Beach Bam! A Big Easy Christmas Upwardly Mobile Can't Drive Old Dixie Down Rock On! 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