🌱 Patch AM: How New Orleans’ Sugar Bowl sets the stage for Ole Miss–Georgia

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In today's newsletter:

• How New Orleans’ Sugar Bowl sets the stage for Ole Miss–Georgia
• How New Orleans shaped the early life of trailblazer Betty Reid Soskin
• Why protesters targeted a major Canal Street hotel over immigration enforcement.

Also on today's calendar: Courtyard Cocktails: A Happy Hour Mixology Class and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the windowsill say to the glass? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Dense fog in the morning, with a high of 74 and low of 58 degrees.
• Tuesday: Sunny and pleasantly warm, temps: high: 77, low: 59.
• Wednesday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 75 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Ole Miss embraces upcoming rematch with Georgia (eldoradonews.com) — New Orleans will host a high-stakes Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1, with Ole Miss getting a playoff rematch against Georgia in the Superdome. The Rebels have a new head coach, Pete Golding, and are emphasizing opportunity over revenge after their regular-season loss, hoping to build on momentum from a dominant win over Tulane.
   

• Betty Reid Soskin, the nation's oldest park ranger, dies at 104 (wwltv.com) — New Orleanians may be interested to know that trailblazing park ranger and civil rights activist Betty Reid Soskin once survived the 1927 Mississippi Flood while living here with her Creole family. She later became a prominent Bay Area figure, opening a Black-owned record store, advocating for civil rights, and serving as the nation’s oldest active park ranger until age 100.
   

• New Orleans protesters demand federal immigration agents leave (wdsu.com) — Protesters rallied outside the J.W. Marriott in downtown New Orleans, urging the hotel to stop hosting federal immigration officials and calling for agents to leave Louisiana. Organizers framed the demonstration as support for local immigrant families, especially students, and vowed to keep pressuring corporations they see as enabling enforcement in the city.
   

📸 Around New Orleans

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🗓 Upcoming Events in New Orleans

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Tuesday December 23

• Prairie Acadian Cultural Center - Read with a Ranger
  Prairie Acadian Cultural Center , 250 W. Park Avenue , Eunice
  10:00 am
• NOLA ChristmasFest Returns - Let the Yuletide Roll!
  New Orleans Chamber of Commerce , 1515 Poydras St #1010 , New Orleans
  11:00 am
• Prairie Acadian Cultural Center - Crafts Club (Felt Ornaments)
  Prairie Acadian Cultural Center , 250 W. Park Avenue , Eunice
  1:00 pm
• French Quarter - Arrowhead Jazz Band
  National Park Service French Quarter visitor center , 419 Decatur St , New Orleans
  3:00 pm

Wednesday December 24

• Prairie Acadian Cultural Center - Saints & Souls Talk
  Prairie Acadian Cultural Center , 250 W. Park Avenue , Eunice
  11:00 am
• NOLA ChristmasFest Returns - Let the Yuletide Roll!
  New Orleans Chamber of Commerce , 1515 Poydras St #1010 , New Orleans
  11:00 am
• French Quarter - Jazz Piano Hour - Matt Lemmler
  National Park Service French Quarter visitor center , 419 Decatur St , New Orleans
  1:00 pm
• French Quarter - Jazz Piano Hour - Kyle Cripps
  National Park Service French Quarter visitor center , 419 Decatur St , New Orleans
  3:00 pm

Saturday December 27

• Courtyard Cocktails: A Happy Hour Mixology Class
  New Orleans School of Cooking , 524 St. Louis , New Orleans
  2:30 pm

Thursday January 1

• New Orleans Drunk Spirits Pub Crawl Tour
  Lafitte Hotel and Bar , 1003 Bourbon St , New Orleans
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 23

• Library Closed - Christmas
  Saint Bernard Parish Library , 2600 Palmisano Blvd , Chalmette

Wednesday December 24

• Christmas Eve (SBPG Holiday)
  St. Bernard Parish, LA Calendar Chalmette, LA 70043

Thursday December 25

• Christmas Day
  St. Bernard Parish, LA Calendar Chalmette, LA 70043

Wednesday December 31

• Library Closed - New Years
  Saint Bernard Parish Library , 2600 Palmisano Blvd , Chalmette

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Loose pup found in Treme.
  Has a collar but no tag with contact info. Anyone know this sweetie? (Nextdoor Treme - Lafitte)
• Have you seen me ?
  My name is Benji and I got out of the yard yesterday evening around 5:30 pm on Touro Street between North Galvez and North Johnson i am a brown and… (Nextdoor Mid-7th Ward Triangle)

• Total Quality Logistics, LLC posted a job opening for Billing and Payment Coordinator in New Orleans. Apply here.
• Louisiana Children's Medical Center - LCMC Health posted a job opening for Unit Secretary Acute Cardiology Pulmonary Full-time Days in New Orleans. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near New Orleans here.

🗞 Nearby News

Gretna

• Gretna butcher shop offers prepared holiday meals for busy families (fox8live.com)
• New Orleans music in 2025 celebrated, mourned and used art in acts of defiance (nola.com)

Jefferson

• Blakeview: Louisiana Supreme Court once ordered Al Copeland to tone down his massive Christmas display (nola.com)
• Gambit's Thumbs Up / Thumbs Down for Dec. 22 (nola.com)
• Super Witch Ice Cream opens up shop at Il Supremo Pizza in Old Metairie (wgno.com)

Ok New Orleans! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

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