The store offers an extensive Mardi Gras inventory including "all types of beads, trinkets, T-shirts and other items" for decoration and parade floats.

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, co-director of the Plano Conservancy for Historic ...

The way we dress to celebrate Mardi Gras now is reminiscent of traditions that once were. “It’ll be about six feet tall by the time all the feathers are in it,” said Smith. Valerie Smith and her team ...