Living in New Orleans, or just on the outskirts of it, is so much fun. Every couple of months we need an excuse to stay out of work or school, so we have a holiday! There is usually some sort of festival going on too like French Quarter Fest, Jazz Fest, Strawberry Festival, Tomato Festival, etc, etc. Who wouldn't love to live in a place where you can celebrate anything (or everything) at any given time?!
So here's a little overview of our New Orleans holiday season. Christmas was great, for the most part. Thomas and I were pretty sick the entire time, so obviously it could have been better! We had a party at our house for the church members and neighbors, and a friend from college came down soon after that. A couple of dinner parties led us to New Year's, which we spent in the French Quarter watching the fleur de lis drop and fireworks display. Last weekend we went to New Orleans East in the Vietnamese community for Tet (Chinese New Year). The next night we were in a swank French Quarter hotel for the St. Barbara military ball.
I've got some pictures below for your enjoyment, and I'm going to attempt uploading a video of Tet as well. I don't know if there will be any sound, but just imagine the fireworks being right over your head with a bunch of drums in the background. We felt like we were in the middle of a bunch of cannons going off. Enjoy!
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