Mardi Gras trees are exactly what you think they are: A Christmas tree decked out with Mardi Gras decorations. The exact history of the origin of Mardi Gras trees is a little fuzzy. Jeff Campbell ...

After waiting all year, people gathered around Mardi Gras Park to see Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson flip the switch to light the city’s official Mardi Gras Tree at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

The lighting of the Mardi Gras tree originally planned for this Thursday at Mardi Gras Park has been pushed back to next Thursday, Jan. 16. Also, this week’s LoDa Art Walk has been canceled.

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The City of Mobile announced it rescheduled the Lighting of the Mardi Gras Tree. A city Facebook post said the lighting will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on Jan. 16 at Mardi Gras Park.

They're the ones that keep the tree up year-round, changing out the decorations to fit the season — you know, the Mardi Gras tree, the Easter tree, the Fourth of July tree and so on. All this to ...

According to Campbell, the Mardi Gras tree concept got started when someone removed all of their Christmas tree ornaments but kept the artificial tree up. The reason is a mystery. After returning home ...