@celestialjenna's Review of Bourbon Street - New Orleans, LA

Halloween fits New Orleans so perfectly, you might assume we've always celebrated it like this. But the history is a little more interesting. Long before Halloween became the spectacle it is today, New Orleans already had centuries of elaborate costuming and masking traditions. And November 1st brought another tradition. All Saints' Day. In the 1800s, families filled the cemeteries, cleaning and whitewashing tombs, bringing flowers, visiting with friends, and even sharing picnics among the graves. So maybe Halloween didn't make New Orleans strange. It just found a city that already knew how to celebrate beside the dead.