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re: Your favorite "Christmas town" in the U.S.?

Posted on 7/28/23 at 1:44 pm to
Posted by Jax-Tiger
Port Saint Lucie, FL
Member since Jan 2005
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Posted on 7/28/23 at 1:44 pm to
Another vote for Leavenworth. It's a Bavarian mountain town. Downtown buildings are modeled after European Chalets. Excellent German food.



This post was edited on 7/28/23 at 1:55 pm
Posted by ned nederlander
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 7/28/23 at 1:44 pm to
quote:

1. New Orleans


Posted by Tyga Woods
South Central Jupiter Island, FL
Member since Sep 2016
30169 posts
Posted on 7/28/23 at 4:12 pm to
Aspen/Snowmass
Posted by ecb
Member since Jul 2010
9349 posts
Posted on 7/29/23 at 7:42 am to
Friend

Send me a link to your books
Posted by TulaneLSU
Member since Aug 2003
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 7/29/23 at 7:58 am to
Friend,

One of our OT friends compiled the 2019 Advent Journey into an coffee table book on Amazon. I believe if you Google TulaneLSU Advent it is easily found. It is not very interesting, I must warn you and the content is readily available in digital form at no charge on the OT. Most of my real writings, which are religious in nature, are published under a pseudonym and are not available for purchase. Perhaps one day I will get around to organizing my New Orleans writings into a collection. Several people (3) have requested one.

Grand Isle is a beautiful place especially in December. It is odd that its inclusion here was upsetting to some. Perhaps it does not click all the Travel Magazine boxes for places to visit that will impress your neighbors and colleagues. Nonetheless, it is most certainly a great place to go Christmas caroling. But the greatest of all caroling events is the one in Jackson Square. What a loss we experienced when it was canceled for two years, depriving all of us, young and old, of something so touching.

Yours,
TulaneLSU
Posted by tigerbacon
Arkansas
Member since Aug 2010
3700 posts
Posted on 7/29/23 at 9:14 am to
One of my best Christmas memories is caroling in Jackson square with my dad 16 years
Posted by ecb
Member since Jul 2010
9349 posts
Posted on 7/29/23 at 3:45 pm to
Thanks!

If I may ask who are your favorite religious writers?
Posted by VABuckeye
Naples, FL
Member since Dec 2007
35573 posts
Posted on 7/29/23 at 6:21 pm to
Yep. Leavenworth is amazing in the summer. Christmas would be out of this world.
Posted by TulaneLSU
Member since Aug 2003
Member since Dec 2007
13298 posts
Posted on 7/29/23 at 7:27 pm to
Friend,

My favorite religious writers are St. Paul, St. Augustine, Athanasius, Thomas of Aquinas, Bonaventure, John Calvin, Descartes, Jonathan Edwards, Isaac Watts, Pascal, Kierkegaard, Barth, Bruner, Reinhold Niebuhr, Weil, and Wittgenstein. Those whose literature has religious themes I particularly enjoy include Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, John Bunyan, John Donne, George Herbert (no relation to Robert of Thibodaux), Walker Percy, George Washington Cable, and Norman MacLean.

Yours,
TulaneLSU
Posted by ecb
Member since Jul 2010
9349 posts
Posted on 7/29/23 at 8:37 pm to
Thank you,
Posted by jfw3535
South of Bunkie
Member since Mar 2008
4669 posts
Posted on 7/29/23 at 9:05 pm to
We've done Christmas in Napa several times and it's awesome.
Posted by indytiger
baton rouge/indy
Member since Oct 2004
9834 posts
Posted on 7/29/23 at 10:16 pm to
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Solvang, CA. It's a Danish town that puts on a big Christmas festival and, though touristy, still feels European.


We stayed there for a wedding in Feb, I can imagine Christmas there is pretty neat. I absolutely loved that town. Cleanest place I've ever seen.
Posted by Potchafa
Avoyelles
Member since Jul 2016
3223 posts
Posted on 8/1/23 at 6:04 am to
Lake Tahoe…. Although expensive!
Posted by Tigertown in ATL
Georgia foothills
Member since Sep 2009
29206 posts
Posted on 8/1/23 at 7:52 am to
Since you are in S Georgia.

Thomasville or Thomaston is nice for a short getaway.

One of those places is a crap hole. I get them mixed up.
Posted by dallastiger55
Jennings, LA
Member since Jan 2010
27767 posts
Posted on 8/1/23 at 8:35 am to
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10. Lake Buena Vista: we stayed at the Grand Floridian last year at Christmas. The tree and the Magic Kingdom were beautifully decorated. Commercial though it was, there was a joyful spirit of Christmas throughout the air. And the weather was perfect.


TulaneLSU showing us he's a baller. What do you do for a living? Grand Floridian at Christmas is 700+ a night.
Posted by JasonDBlaha
Woodlands, Texas
Member since Apr 2023
2373 posts
Posted on 8/1/23 at 2:20 pm to
Carlsbad is awesome to visit. It’s a small niche beach community about 2 to 2 and a half hours from LA. There’s no homeless people, it’s extremely clean, and there’s tons of beachfront resort hotels that go for $250-300 a night
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