There are so many destinations on my Louisiana "bucket list." We scratched one off this past Friday. We went to Acadian Village to see the popular Christmas light display. (Can anyone tell me what LUS stands for?)
Acadian Village is open year around as a historic landmark depicting life of the early Acadian settlers. During the holidays, the site transforms into an enchanted Christmas wonderland. "Noel Acadien Au Village."
This year's theme is "A Blue Christmas." Everyone loves Blue Dog.
We ate funnel cakes.
And warm freshly roasted peanuts. This is Victor. The big green machine behind him is a old time peanut roaster.
Vic says the roaster is over 100 years old. He found it in a dump near Alexandria 27 years ago. He fixed it up and has been selling peanuts since then. Vic is the official peanut vendor at University of Louisiana at Lafayette sporting events. He can also be found at festivals, and apparently, he is a fixture at Acadian Village during the holidays. As we were leaving, I overheard a woman who just arrived say, "I want to get my peanuts before we do anything else."
In the midst of all the lights, there is this lovely nativity scene.
For the kids, carnival rides . . .
Strolling through Acadian Village, we immediately got into the Christmas spirit. We couldn't help singing along with the holiday music playing in the background. For my Pittsburgh readers, it's like a walk-through Hartwood Acres, back in the day. Don't you all miss that?
Special thanks to my dear husband for his photography skills. (I'm in between cameras.)
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Acadian Village is open year around as a historic landmark depicting life of the early Acadian settlers. During the holidays, the site transforms into an enchanted Christmas wonderland. "Noel Acadien Au Village."
This year's theme is "A Blue Christmas." Everyone loves Blue Dog.
We ate funnel cakes.
And warm freshly roasted peanuts. This is Victor. The big green machine behind him is a old time peanut roaster.
Vic says the roaster is over 100 years old. He found it in a dump near Alexandria 27 years ago. He fixed it up and has been selling peanuts since then. Vic is the official peanut vendor at University of Louisiana at Lafayette sporting events. He can also be found at festivals, and apparently, he is a fixture at Acadian Village during the holidays. As we were leaving, I overheard a woman who just arrived say, "I want to get my peanuts before we do anything else."
In the midst of all the lights, there is this lovely nativity scene.
For the kids, carnival rides . . .
Special thanks to my dear husband for his photography skills. (I'm in between cameras.)
Merry Christmas, everyone!
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2 comments:
Cool!
I am taking a guess on "LUS": Is it Acadian for "Light"? I think "lux" is Latin for "light" and "lus" is pretty close to that.
Or maybe it's short for "Looooziana"?
CHM, thanks for the guess. I don't know. The language would be French.
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