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People who prefer putting up a fake Christmas tree are a little more lax when they take down their trees. Around the Gulf Coast, there’s also a pretty good reason to keep it up: Mardi Gras.

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.