COMING THIS DECEMBER!!!
By Karen Brem, Marketing Director, Historic Mardi Gras Inn
Honey… if you think Santa only comes once a year, you haven’t been to New Orleans in December. The moment Thanksgiving leftovers hit the fridge, this city flips a switch and becomes one giant glitter-splashed, cocktail-soaked sleigh ride 🎅✨ — and at the center of all that festive mischief sits the legendary New Orleans Holiday Pub Crawls. 🍹🎄
If you’ve never experienced a holiday pub crawl in this town, buckle up, buttercup. It isn’t just a bar hop — it’s a merry, tipsy marathon full of peppermint-flavored bad decisions, questionable Santa costumes, magical holiday chaos, and more “naughty list” moments than the North Pole HR department could handle. 🎁😆❄️
And guess what? Most of the best holiday pub crawls start just a one-minute walk from the Historic Mardi Gras Inn, which means you can go full elf-on-the-shelf-off-the-shelf mode and never worry about Uber surge pricing, parking, or wandering lost in a Santa suit at 2 a.m. (It happens. We’ve seen it.) 🧝♂️🍷🚶♂️
Come stay with us and make a whole weekend of it — trust me, you’ll need the recovery time. 😉
❄️🎅💫 Welcome to the Most Festive Bar Chaos in America
New Orleans is extra during the holidays — lights strung across 200-year-old balconies ✨, wreaths on lamp posts 🎀, hot toddies flowing like the Mississippi River 🍵, and drag queens dressed as Mrs. Claus, Rudolph, or “sexy Krampus” (it’s a whole thing, and it’s worth the price of admission). 💃🦌🔥
But the holiday pub crawls?
Those are the main event. 🌟
Every weekend in December — and especially the days right before Christmas and New Year’s — the city glows with traveling packs of costumed elves, Santas, reindeer, gingerbread people, Grinches, snowflakes, sugar plum fairies, candy canes, and at least one shirtless guy wearing only tinsel and a smile. 🎄🎅🍬✨🤣
They move from bar to bar singing carols 🎶, drinking cocktails with enough sugar to cause a coma 🍸🍭, and spreading holiday spirit (and sometimes glitter) everywhere. ✨✨✨
🍸🎄🌟 What You’ll Experience on a New Orleans Holiday Pub Crawl
🎅🍻 “The 12 Bars of Christmas” Crawl
The mother of all crawls.
Twelve bars.
Twelve drinks.
Zero regrets.
(Actually, that last one is a lie — many regrets. FUN regrets.) 😈🎄
Stops might include:
✔ Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop (where Santa goes to get weird) 🕯️🎅
✔ Pat O’Brien’s (home of the holiday Hurricane) 🍒🍹
✔ Tropical Isle (Hand Grenades wrapped in garland) 🎄💣
✔ Phoenix Bar (naughty by nature, naughty by nightlife) 😈🔥
✔ AllWays Lounge (drag, burlesque, glitter — a holiday miracle) ✨💃🎁
🍹✨ “Jingle Juice” Cocktail Walk
A classy-ish stroll through the French Quarter, focusing on holiday mixology.
Think: cinnamon rum, chocolate martinis, eggnog daiquiris, peppermint mojitos…
Basically a diabetes diagnosis with a candy cane. 🍫🍬🎄
🎄😍 LGBTQ+ Naughty or Nice Crawl
Hosted by local gay bars — high energy, high camp, high hemlines.
Expect:
- Sexy elves 😏🧝♂️
- Santa daddy contests 🎅🔥
- Holiday drag surprises 💄✨
- Bar games that would make Santa blush 😳🎄
And it all happens right around the corner from the Historic Mardi Gras Inn. 🎉
🍾✨🎁 Why December Pub Crawls Are the BEST Reason to Book Your Stay
Because, darling… walking distance. 👠❄️
Our inn sits just one block from the French Quarter and steps from many participating bars. That means:
- No Uber surges 🚫🚗
- No parking headaches 😵💫
- No stumbling 10 blocks in a Rudolph onesie 🦌😂
- No guilt about that second (or sixth) eggnog cocktail 🍸🍸🍸
Plus, when you’re exhausted from jingling your bells all night, our warm, welcoming staff is here to greet you — no judgment. We’ve seen everything. Seriously… everything. 😉
We’re proudly LGBTQ+ owned and operated 🏳️🌈, freshly renovated, sparkling clean, affordable, and full of holiday hospitality that melts your heart faster than a hot toddy. ☕❤️🔥
🎁✨🎄 Make It a Long Weekend — You Deserve It
Don’t try to cram all this fun into one night.
This is New Orleans — she demands a commitment. 💃💫
Book 2–3 nights with us and enjoy:
⭐ One night of pub crawl chaos 🎅🍻
⭐ One day to recover properly (with beignets, coffee, and a brunch Bloody Mary) 🍩☕🍅
⭐ One more night to do it all over again 💃✨
Because baby, the holidays only come once a year —
but in New Orleans, the celebrating lasts all month. 🎉🎄🎅
📞🎄✨ Call to Action: Book Direct for the Best Holiday Weekend Ever
Ready to jingle your bells in the French Quarter?
Want to sip, stroll, sparkle, and sleep steps from the action? ✨🍸🎁
📱 504.949.5815
📱 1.800.209.9408
🌐 HistoricMardiGrasInn.com
Call us directly — we LOVE helping guests plan the perfect festive escape. ❤️🎄✨
Santa’s bringing the fun — you just bring yourself. 🎅😘🎁