663272 Thu Oct 29 09:49:25 -0700 2009 4 9 New Orleans 0 5140328 I will be visiting the French Quarter in Dec and understand there are some traditions at some of the restaurants. Can anyone advise some places and things to do in the Qtr during December? Thu Oct 29 09:49:25 -0700 2009 230841 Cookie Baker 1 5141066 http://www.neworleansonline.com/christmas/ try some Reveillon Dinners. check out some Farmers' Markets: http://www.crescentcityfarmersmarket.org/ http://www.frenchmarket.org/ visit The Roosevelt Hotel lobby; the tradition of Teddy Bear teas and holiday decorations are back! in fact, pop into all the hotels to see their lobbies. get an eggnog daiquiri for Celebration in the Oaks: http://celebrationintheoaks.com/ tuck into some cozy bars: Absinthe, Lafitte's, Napoleon House, Carousel Bar, French 75, Hermes Bar, Chart Room, Chartres House (has a fireplace). get a bottle of bubbles and some go flutes from Vieux Carre Wine & Spirits and take a buggy ride thru the Qtr. take a walking tour and see the Qtr dressed for the holidays and enjoy! Thu Oct 29 13:46:53 -0700 2009 5140328 195694 edible complex 2 5141533 Good suggestions..all of them. I trust the Waldrof gang (aka Hilton) will bring back the Winter Wonderland that Someone Else (when Someone Else owned the Roosevelt) brought back ....finally. [I never referred to the place as anything other than the Roosevelt---won that one!] I think itshould be ponted out, regarding "traditions," that it is axiomatic in New Orleans that, once you have done something twice, it is a Tradition. Thu Oct 29 16:44:27 -0700 2009 5141066 107060 hazelhurst 3 5169557 The Roosevelt is not doing the holiday decor of old, but they are doing something spectacular in the lobby. It will still have the White Winter theme. Should be up Dec. 1st. Tue Nov 10 05:57:29 -0800 2009 5141533 195694 edible complex 1 5190419 Ditto the hotel lobby recommendation. The Monteleone one was fabulous two years ago. The streetcars have been decorated with lights in times of yore and I assume will be this year. And the Quarter itself as the Christmas decorations proliferate--Rudolphs frozen in mid-leap off intaglio second-floor-balcony ironwork emerge ghost-like out of the fog that so often floats in off the river around Christmas. Tue Nov 17 20:40:01 -0800 2009 5140328 1125426 Sinistral