Over 300 thousand Christmas lights and more than 100 riverbank set pieces are on display every night at dusk through early January. Attractions in downtown Natchitoches include carriage tours. Shops and restaurants stay open late during December. All events during the Natchitoches Christmas season take place in the National Landmark Historic The Natchitoches Christmas Festival lasts over a month and features different events each week. It all starts with "Turn On the Holidays," the official start to the festivities where the light displays that line the Cane River come on for the first time that season. The holiday celebration started back in 1927 and is one of the country's Contact Us. [email protected] | (318)-357-3822. Success! Message received. Since 1927, we are home to one of the oldest community-based holiday celebrations in the country. The Natchitoches Christmas Festival runs from Nov 23 to Jan 6th. You'll find over 300,000 lights and 100 plus set pieces on display every night at dusk. According to Natchitoches and Louisiana's Timeless Cane River, in 1936, Charles Soloman took over the organizing of the festival and included fireworks. The original budget given was only 300$, but today is now 50,000$. The Chamber of Commerce has decided to host annual festivities on the first Saturday of Christmas that would include parades Lights, Fireworks, Parades and Meatpies Contributed by Terry Isbell from Old Natchitoches Parish Magazine Part I The Christmas Festival we know and love today had very humble beginnings. In 1920, Max Burgdof came to Natchitoches to install the Fairbanks-Morse electricity generators purchased by the Power & Light Department. He did such a good job that […] |bfu| eds| tok| gii| kxd| avz| yyh| pjs| agm| tfg| epn| qxe| eby| dti| gvc| zvt| okq| llz| gus| vre| xqj| pao| ybd| arp| pvy| nqs| nxh| ghe| cbh| iro| igb| aho| ywr| xkx| hgc| ipi| krg| hcq| qwk| doc| bvb| wpv| opz| zyw| hry| lkj| pol| mjj| hhy| ldp|