This variation of the folk song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" celebrates the uniqueness of Christmas in New Orleans.

Paul writes a letter home each of the twelve days he spends exploring Louisiana at Christmastime, as his cousin Rosalie shows him everything from a pelican in a

"From the festivities of yesteryear, revolving around religion and faith, to today's events, such as City Park's Celebration in the Oaks, New Orleanians observe

A version in Cajun dialect of the famous poem "The Night Before Christmas," set in a Louisiana bayou.

Around the world Santa Claus has many names. But in a deep, swampy bayou of Louisiana, he's known as Papa Noël. In such a hot and humid place, there can be no