Category: Southern Christmas

  • Christmas Scenes on the Avenue (St. Charles, that is)

    I was walking the dog yesterday when I came across Santa Claus lying in the middle of St. Charles Avenue.  This wasn’t a mall Santa with too many toddies after a stressful day of wishes, but a twenty foot tall fiberglass guy!  He was accompanied by workers from a company that produces Mardi Gras parades…

  • Wreaths and Garlands and Doors . . . Oh My!

    I took a walk down State Street here in New Orleans. It is a lovely tree lined street with beautiful homes and gardens. I want to share the doors with their festive wreaths and garlands and bows.

  • Christmas in the Country

    My friends Jimmy and David have a fantastic second home an hour north of New Orleans in rural St. Tammany Parish.  Over twenty years they have transformed a barren piece of land into an estate with a fantastic house, lake, gardens, a greenhouse, and a commercial nursery.  The latest addition – just in time for…

  • Music in the Air

    In New Orleans, there is never a shortage of great music to enjoy and that is especially the case at Christmas time. There are many places to enjoy free concerts by great musicians and some you can join in creating the music yourself. One of the more unusual opportunities to join in is presented by…

  • Ornaments, New Orleans Style

    Decorating our Christmas tree is like a walk down memory lane.  We phased out the shiny glass balls many years ago. Each of our ornaments is unique, and most have a story behind them. We have a sterling “Our First Christmas”, but what I really remember from that year is the cute ornaments that Shell…

  • More Christmas Decorations

    More Christmas Decorations You’ve seen Christi’s decorations, and now it’s my turn! I’m a fairly spontaneous decorator, but I’ve got a couple of guiding principles.  First, I love fresh greenery.  We had a tradition when I was little – “getting the pine”.  We’d go out to the woods and my father would chop down a…

  • Christmas in New Orleans

    New Orleans is a great place to visit and live anytime but I think it is just especially magical at Christmas time. There is so much to enjoy! In addition to the beautiful Christmas decorations, there are the Reveillon dinners, the caroling at Jackson Square and in Palmer Park and . . . well, obviously,…

  • New Orleans Christmas Mantel

    Glad you could come and join us here in New Orleans where we are gearing up for tons of fun in the city and plenty here at home as well. Lots of posts coming up to tell you about the caroling, the dinners, the decorating, and  . . . well, let’s just say it is…

  • Christmas Around the House

    Well, the decorating is going really slow this year. We’ve been passing around the pre-Christmas crud around here the last couple of weeks. We are planning on being back to 100% this coming weekend! For now, I’ll post what we’ve got done and will try to post more once our ailing bodies have recovered. First…

  • Southern Fireside

    It is still pretty cool here today. Glad to have a fire in the fireplace. Definitely time to stay in and have a cozy supper by the fire for today’s edition of Tablescape Thursday. I started with a small table in front of the fire. So glad I got a red tablecloth. It has had…

  • Southern Christmas Beginnings

    It turned sharply colder here today. Time for the first fire of the season! Our big Christmas decorating blitz will be this upcoming weekend. I have a pretty ambitious project going on that I hope to show you next Monday. In the meantime, our fireplace and my mother’s fireplace (she has a mantle, I don’t).…

  • Southern Merry Christmas!

    Christmas day, what a blessing! It is snowing heavily where I am and I am so thankful to be safely inside. Please remember to pray for those who may still be on the road. Luke 2: 1 – 20 1And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar…

  • Southern Christmas Eve at Mama’s

    Christmas eve at Mama’s house is special. We’ve set the table and will have a lot of fun laughing and sharing the special season of Christmas and honor the birth of our Saviour, Jesus Christ! I’ve got some technical issues on Mama’s computer (which being her techie daughter, I get to address tomorrow) so I’m…

  • Southern Tour of Christmas Lights

    I love going out in the cold December nights to drive around and look at Christmas lights. Here are a few pics I snapped this past week: When we got home from checking out the lights it was such a clear and beautiful night that I decided to get a picture of the stars. After…

  • Southern Christmas Tree

    Oh, Christmas Tree Oh, Christmas Tree How lovely are thy branches For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Merry Christmas to all! Check…