It's always nice to give thanks. But there's a special time to express gratitude. When Halloween decorations come down, Thanksgiving decorations go up. Often, decorations are passed down from ...

A current holiday exhibit at the Joplin History & Mineral Museum showcases the vintage glow of Christmas blow mold decorations from a local collector. Blow molds are a decorative lawn ornament, made ...

Forget the blow-up Santas for your lawn. A new generation of old-fashioned blow mold decorations have come to town. By Frank DeCaro Move over blow-up snowmen. This year, hollow plastic light-up ...

They were practically like relatives as Nick Bottiglieri grew up, the kind who show up every holiday season, smiles on their faces and ready to party. For Bottiglieri, the huge, eclectic and electric ...

A close-up of a Union snowman blow mold. This blow mold came with sunglasses and was titled “Hollywood Snowman.” He’s put his sunglasses away with the winter weather and cloudy days upon us. Every ...