Thanksgiving in New Orleans is a different holiday experience. In addition to the four alternatives we’ve provided to the typical annual pilgrimage (pun intended) to Grandma’s house to eat the age-old recipes in front of a football game, there’s one other uniquely-NOLA Thanksgiving tradition: opening day at the Fair Grounds. On Thanksgiving Day, you can bring the whole family to the race track to bet on horses, have a Thanksgiving meal and a permanent Thanksgiving memory. It’s also a prime opportunity to see festive Thanksgiving derby hats. Like the ladies below, they can get real creative.
Festive Thanksgiving hats at the opening day of the New Orleans Fairgrounds (photo from Flickr by Steve Spehar)
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