A rousing, inspiring collection of Southern Christmas stories includes contributions from Robert Olen Butler, Kelly Cherry, Kate Chopin, James Knudsen, Patty Fr

Around the world Santa Claus has many names. But in a deep, swampy bayou of Louisiana, he's known as Papa Noël. In such a hot and humid place, there can be no

Paul writes a letter home each of the twelve days he spends exploring Louisiana at Christmastime, as his cousin Rosalie shows him everything from a pelican in a

A version in Cajun dialect of the famous poem "The Night Before Christmas," set in a Louisiana bayou.

It's Christmas Eve. Have you been good? Santa's packed up all the presents and is headed your way! With the help of a certain red-nosed reindeer, Santa flies ov