Christmas on the Cajun Coast
St. Mary Parish City of Morgan City, Louisiana
St. Mary Parish’s historic homes will throw open their doors this December to bathe visitors in the cozy lights of Christmas:
• Enjoy a Victorian Christmas at the Grevemberg House in Franklin with displays of a traditional Victorian tree and seasonal greenery. Open daily except Christmas Eve and Day. $10 per person, $8 for seniors. 10 am to 4 pm daily.
• At Oaklawn Manor, the residence of Louisiana’s former governor and first lady Mike and Alice Foster, rooms will be adorned for Christmas with a different style tree in every room. The décor is on view from December 7 through January 3, 2016. $15 per person; $10 for students. 10 am to 4 pm daily, except Mondays.
• Elaborate Christmas light displays, accompanied by seasonal music, make up the traditional Idlewild Plantation Christmas Lighting driving tour through Kemper Williams Park in Patterson. Admission is $2 per car. 5 pm–9 pm Sunday–Thursday, and 5 pm–10 pm Friday and Saturday.
