Lights and Decor, Réveillon Meals Make Christmastime Special in New Orleans

There won’t be snow, but the warmth and hospitality will bring Christmas cheer.

A building in New Orleans' French Quarter is dressed up for Christmas. Chon Kit Leong/Dreamstime/TNS

By Patti Nickell From Tribune News Service

Every year when the holiday season rolls around, the focus is on picture-perfect small towns blanketed in snow and populated by rosy-checked revelers caroling their joyous hearts out.