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Here’s How Mall Visits With Santa Will Be In 2020 Due To COVID

SantaVisiting Santa at the mall is a yearly tradition for many but it’s going to be quite different this year thanks to COVID-19.

While my family doesn’t celebrate Christmas, Lucas was excited to take a (free) photo with Santa at Kohl’s a few years back. (We’ve also met him on a few other occasions, most memorably at the Eiffel Tower during winter break 2018.) Continue reading Here’s How Mall Visits With Santa Will Be In 2020 Due To COVID

Going Away Over the Holidays? Let Santa Know Where You’ll Be!

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Christmas is less than a week away and it seems like shoppers are hitting the stores hard this year.

I recently wrote about a way to Track Santa’s Journey with Google’s Tracker. The site is a lot more than just a Santa Tracker and is a lot of fun! Lucas asks to visit the site everyday and I’ve enjoyed it too! Continue reading Going Away Over the Holidays? Let Santa Know Where You’ll Be!

Christmas in New Orleans Celebrated Year Round at Santa’s Quarters

Christmas in New Orleans

In May of 2013 we went on a trip to New Orleans. We had a great time and the city quickly became one of our favorites in the United States. We had to shorten the length of our visit due to an invitation to attend a travel blogging conference called BAcon. There is a lot to do in N.O. so I’m sure that we’ll get back there at some point, hopefully sooner than later.
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While walking around the French Market District we came across a store that seemed to be just a bit out-of-place.

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Want To Track Santa? Boeing Can Help

Screen Shot 2013-12-24 at 12.32.37 AMToday only, you’ll be able to follow Santa on his annual trip around the world thanks to Boeing.

You’ll also be able to watch 787 Dreamliners  travel the skies.

Boeing would also like for you to share photos of any Santa sightings with the #Dreamliner hashtag as well any holiday-bound 787 flights you might be taking.

While reading about the Santa Tracker, I checked out the site and saw that it included him on it’s list of flights being tracked.

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Flashback Friday: Visiting Santa’s Quarters

FlashbackFriWith Christmas just days away I thought of the perfect post to share for this week’s Flashback Friday.

I’m not exactly sure where people shop for their Christmas decorations and other items associated with the holiday. However, while visiting New Orleans back in May I think we found possibly the best Christmas store in the world.

Here is the post:

  • Visiting Santa’s Quarters- New Orleans

This post was originally published on August 2, 2013.

a man standing next to a statue of santa claus

Visiting Santa’s Quarters- New Orleans

santaThis past May we went on a trip to New Orleans. We had a great time and the city quickly became one of our favorites in the United States. We had to shorten the length of our visit due to an invitation to attend a travel blogging conference called BAcon. There is a lot to do in N.O. so I’m sure that we’ll get back there at some point, hopefully sooner than later.
While walking around the French Market District we came across a store that seemed to be just a bit out of place.
a sign for a restaurantWe were walking back towards our hotel when we saw a sign for Santa’s Quarters, a store specializing in anything you could imagine about Christmas.

Continue reading Visiting Santa’s Quarters- New Orleans