// The only acceptable attNames are Christmas and Xmas
// Apparently no one ones to go to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. :-)
if (attname == null ||
!(attname.equals("Christmas") ||
attname.equals("Xmas"))) {
return null;
}
Attraction attraction = new Attraction();
attraction.set_OID(OID_STRING);
attraction.setFacts("New Orleans at Christmastime is a city with the best food in the world, the best music" +
" in the world, international shopping, the French Quarter -- America's most " +
" romantic neighborhood, and the friendliest, most big-hearted people you'd ever " +
" want to share a rousing celebration with. New Orleans is a natural place for Christmas " +
" merry making, and if it is not, then, to quote a New Orleans R&B classic, " +
" 'grits ain't groceries, eggs ain't poultry, and Mona Lisa was a " +
" man.' Indeed, Christmas is an especially great time to come because New Orleans " +
" hotels have attractive Papa Noel rates. Throughout the month of December, New Orleans " +
" will be decorated like never before, which is saying a lot for a town that loves " +
" exhibitionism. From the quaint, light-entwined cast iron lamp posts to the historic " +
" houses and museums bright in their period holiday garb, the French Quarter will sparkle "+
" like an antique toy store. The twinkling lights and the cheery voices of carolers will " +
" have you dancing and prancing through Jackson Square, in the jingle bell air. Riverwalk "+
" shopping center is a leader in the celebrations, launching brass band parades twice " +
" daily that include the grand ol' rogue, Papa Noel, and putting on a light show " +
" every evening in Spanish Plaza. Woldenberg Park, on the riverfront, will decorate the " +
" night with commissioned light sculptures by local artists. First National Bank of " +
" Commerce is sponsoring free nightly concerts of soul-stirring gospel music in the " +
" stately St. Louis Cathedral. And New Orleans restaurants have revived the tradition of "+
" 'Reveillon' dinners, a name that comes from the French word for " +
" 'awakening' because it was a meal that was eaten in the early morning " +
" immediately after Christmas Midnight Mass, in celebration of the good news, of course, " +
" but, just as happily, in celebration of the end of the Advent fast. You, however, do " +
" not have to wait til midnight, nor do you have to observe the Advent fast. All you have"+
" to do is walk into a New Orleans restaurant and order food so sublime, it is in itself" +
" a proof for the existence of heaven. And as every New Orleanian knows, Heaven is " +
" presided over by a French-Italian-Creole chef with a gumbo-pot belly and a laugh " +
" that fills that human heart with gladness. Merry Christmas to ya, New Orleans style.");
return attraction;
