Fuzzy chicks and cute bunnies are part of the pastel pantheon of Easter decor, and their charm helps define the look of the season.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Christmas wreaths and holiday parties gave way to king cakes and street parades as the Carnival season kicked off this weekend along the Gulf Coast.

Give the environment a gift this holiday season: the gift of recycling your Christmas tree.

So the brightly and oh, yes, neatly wrapped gifts are starting to accumulate under your tree, are they?

From elaborately decorated trees to drive-through lighting displays to boat parades and train shows, a variety of holiday spectacles are being staged through the end of December and into early January around the country. Here are a few of them.

I always get excited for the holiday season, it’s my favorite time of year. It inspires me to refresh my home with holiday sparkle. This magical transformation can be done easily, quickly and inexpensively.

With all due respect to pumpkins, but when the Indian corn arrives, so has fall.

One of the most enduring of Halloween icons, candy corn is now over 130 years old.

Even if you are pressed for time this year when you decorate for autumn, be sure to add a touch or two to these three important areas.

I'm crazy about high-luster mercury glass: all the sparkle and none of the polishing work of real silver. I have been using mercury-glass accents in my decorating for years, but I took an even brighter shine to it when I discovered the most adorable mercury-glass pumpkins and gourds at market. They are my top pick for fall decorating this year.

WASHINGTON – It was a sweltering-hot day in the nation’s capital, but the only thing the members of the Gilbert High School marching band could talk about was how cool it was.

The King of Glory (KOG) Lutheran Church Sanctuary Choir in Tempe, also represented by participants from Chicago, Eveleth, Minn., Yuma, Tucson, and Scottsdale joined together with six other choirs from across the nation to celebrate in the National Memorial Day Choral Festival in Washington D.C. May 25-28.

As Memorial Day is celebrated this weekend, it will hold different meanings for families across the nation and in the Grand Canyon State.

You love it when your house is decked out in its holiday finest, reflecting all the good cheer and festive spirit inside. At least, you love it until Dec. 26.