National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation...in New Orleans

My parents have a beautiful timeshare in New Orleans-smack, dab in the French Quarter-& our new family thing is to go spend a week or so down there during the holidays. NO is amazing at all times-always festive and full of events and exciting, but even more so at Christmas! It's decorated to the max with lights & fleur de lis & it just has such a rich, traditional, old city feel. We went to the zoo, the aquarium, we had lunch & a cruise on the Steamboat Natchez, we ate beignets and drank hot chocolate at Cafe Du Monde, we shopped... It was just a wonderful time. We made lots of memories. We love it there!