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Weekend Picks: Holidays are in full swing!

So, it's not cold outside, but the city is all lit up with the spirit of Christmas!

by Mary Staes | December 5, 2018

So, it’s not cold outside, but the city is all lit up with the spirit of Christmas!

Here are our weekend picks for Dec. 7-9:

7th Ward Chocolate Santa at the Pythian Market

Date: Dec. 7, 3-5 p.m.
Price: $35 (cash only)
Description: Take pictures with Mr. Fred, the famous 7th Ward Chocolate Santa! Spots are first come, first served. You’re encouraged to come early for a guaranteed spot.
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Pythian Market
$$$$
Getting there
234 Loyola Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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Krampus: A Haunted Christmas

Date: Dec. 7-8, 7:30 p.m. until 11 p.m.
Price: $24.99
Description: Krampus is taking over the New Orleans Nightmare Haunted House, taking on Christmas with a scary twist.
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New Orleans Nightmare Haunted House
Getting there
319 Butterworth St, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA
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Running of the Santas

Date: Dec. 8, 11 a.m.
Price: $20
Description: Running of the Santas is part of a national bar tour, where hundreds of people dressed as Santa break out along the route from Manning’s to Generations Hall.
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Manning's Sports Bar and Grill
$$$$
Getting there
228 Poydras St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA
Hours
Mon 5 – 10 PM
Tue-Wed Closed
Thu-Sun 11 AM – 10 PM
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Donuts with Santa

Date: Dec. 8, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Price: $25
Blue Dot Donuts are teaming up with New Orleans Moms Blog for pictures and donuts with Santa Claus. Tickets include unlimited food, drinks and sweets. A holiday market will also be there.
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The Cannery
Getting there
3803 Toulouse St, New Orleans, LA 70119, USA
Hours
Mon-Fri 9 AM – 5 PM
Sat-Sun Closed
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Santa’s Candy Cane Hunt and Holiday Bash at Algiers Plaza

Date: Dec. 8, 3 p.m. until 5 p.m.
Price: Free
It’s the first time for this candy cane hunt, where there will also be pictures with Santa, video games, a spacewalk, food and drinks.
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Algiers Plaza
Getting there
4100 General De Gaulle Dr, New Orleans, LA 70131, USA
Hours
Mon-Thu 8 AM – 10 PM
Fri-Sun 8 AM – 9 PM
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Shots Fired: Watch the Saints game with Very Local

Date: Dec. 9, 12 p.m.
Price: Free
Description: Join us at Finn McCool’s, where we’ll be celebrating the Saints’ first touchdown with shots for the first 50 people.
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Finn McCool's Irish Pub
$$$$
Getting there
3701 Banks St, New Orleans, LA 70119, USA
Hours
Mon-Fri 12 PM – 1 AM
Sat-Sun 10 AM – 1 AM
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Mary Staes

Mary Staes

Mary Staes is Digital Content Lead for Very Local. She works with our freelancers and crafts content for our social media platforms and website. Before Very Local, she worked with CBS affiliate WWL-TV as a web producer and weekend assignment editor for about 4 years. She has also handled broadcast coverage for 160 Marine Reserve training facilities while she served as an active duty Marine. As a native New Orleanian, she takes being "very local" to heart. She loves being intertwined with the culture and figuring out how there are less than two degrees of separation between us all, whether we're natives or not.

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