Season's Greetings

Is a proposal part of your holiday plans? You aren't alone and we can help if you still need ideas.

It's the First Day Hike on the Walkway Over the Hudson, starting at 2 pm Jan. 1 on both the east and west side of the Walkway.

Though Christmas is a time to celebrate and be merry, The National Fire Protection Association reports that local fire departments respond to well over 200 house fires per year. According to research found in an article from USA TODAY, The NFPA has some helpful tips to prevent your tree from becoming a blaze.

All December long you helped us raise money for local kids in the Hudson Valley to go on a shopping spree at The Poughkeepsie Galleria and all of the holiday fun went down this past weekend.

The holidays are filled with strange traditions. I'm almost 30 years old and my mother still wants me to come home and put ornaments on the tree. Every year we need to put fake birds on the tree. Apparently, it supposed to reflect happiness and joy. Of course like most families we have our glass balls that my brother and I made 20 years in elementary school make an appearance.

Mistletoe is a part of some holiday decorations. Is it a creepy thing that you want to avoid or is it no big deal?

Are the popular plants of the holidays really poisonous to your pets? Here is some more info:

Do you participate in the whole "elf on the shelf" game? It's all in good fun but can we admit that it's a little bit creepy? Christmas is my favorite time of the year and it has been since as long as I can remember. I've got to say that I'm pretty well versed with most holiday traditions but this one kind of crept up on me the last few years. No, seriously. The entire thing is creepy as hell.

A New York family made a Lego version of Ralphie's house from 'A Christmas Story.' Here is how they are trying to get Lego to add it to the toy lineup.

If you're not quite sure what to get the candy lover in your life for the holidays this year we may have just figured it out. I've been really good this year. I hope that Santa brings me one or two of these this year. What's better than an entire bag of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups? A pound of one giant peanut butter cup. The pack contains two 8oz cups containing over 23,000 calories each.