Crawfish, king cake, Saints are the best Father's Day surprise for a homesick dad

What do you get a dad missing his hometown of New Orleans on Father's Day? Some Black and Gold, a bag of moving claws and sprinkles of Mardi Gras, of course.Joy Littlejohn, a self-described movie enthusiast, book junkie and TV addict living in Pennsylvania, surprised her father Sunday with some of the best fixings a New Orleans-born and raised dad could ask for:Live crawfish, New Orleans Saints-themed plates and napkins, and a tasty-looking king cake. What more could you ask for?Crawfish tweetBut why the surprise?"We were planning to attend a big family reunion this summer, but due to work schedules, none of us could make it down. We were all pretty bummed," she said in a message on Twitter.So Joy brought the best of New Orleans to her father, and we gotta say, the spread looks pretty great for a New Orleanian living life in the Keystone State.We hope Joy, her father and family enjoy their Big Easy-themed Father's Day.Keep up with local news, weather and current events with the WDSU app here.Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news right in your inbox. Click here to sign up!

What do you get a dad missing his hometown of New Orleans on Father's Day? Some Black and Gold, a bag of moving claws and sprinkles of Mardi Gras, of course.

Joy Littlejohn, a self-described movie enthusiast, book junkie and TV addict living in Pennsylvania, surprised her father Sunday with some of the best fixings a New Orleans-born and raised dad could ask for:


Live crawfish, New Orleans Saints-themed plates and napkins, and a tasty-looking king cake. What more could you ask for?



But why the surprise?

"We were planning to attend a big family reunion this summer, but due to work schedules, none of us could make it down. We were all pretty bummed," she said in a message on Twitter.





So Joy brought the best of New Orleans to her father, and we gotta say, the spread looks pretty great for a New Orleanian living life in the Keystone State.

We hope Joy, her father and family enjoy their Big Easy-themed Father's Day.

Keep up with local news, weather and current events with the WDSU app here.

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