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ST. JAMES PARISH, La. — It’s a St. James Parish tradition that dates back to the early 1940s.
The Christmas Eve lighting of the bonfires along the levees in Lutcher, Paulina and Gramercy — to light the way for Papa Noel — is preceded by a three-day Festival of the Bonfires at the Lutcher Recreational Park. This year’s festival is Friday, December 8 – Sunday, December 10. Click here for a full schedule of events.
Bonfires are lit on Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m., but because of the winter weather, no bonfires were lit Friday night.
Watch below for a history lesson on the bonfires, and why St. James Parish is known as the bonfire capital of the world:
