Santa is making a stop at Adeline’s Bed and Breakfast for Cocoa and Cookies on December 8. Multiple times are available–1pm, 3pm and 5pm. Limited spots available. 

The 98th Annual Christmas Festival in Natchitoches is Saturday, December 7. Celebrate the Christmas season in Louisiana’s oldest city. Enjoy the daylong festival filled with music, entertainment, arts and crafts, food vendors, and the famous firework show choreographed to holiday music over Cane River Lake. Saturday Event Lineup includes: 7am-7pm: Mistletoe Market; 1pm: Festival of Lights Parade and 6pm: Fireworks over Cane River Lake.

Natchitoches Lighted Boat Parade is scheduled for Saturday, December 14 at 5pm. See dozens of festively decorated boats glowing against the backdrop of the Cane River Lake. 

Minden churches will host The Live Nativity this Christmas Season in downtown Minden on Saturday, December 21 from 5:30-9pm. It is free and open to the public. It is a walkable event with multiple stations to experience the journey through Bethlehem with the birth of Jesus Christ. Golf Carts will be available to those unable to walk the route.