Your friends with a December birthday will likely have something of an awesome sense of humor about their birthday landing plunk in the hectic month, what with all of the office parties and vacations ...

The New Canal Lighthouse gift shop (8001 Lakeshore Drive, 504-836-2216; www.saveourlake.org) is open 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and sells lighthouse memorabilia, T-shirts, books and ...