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A view of the fireworks from the West End overlook during last year's Light Up Night.

Holiday spirit to shimmer on Light Up Night

I once received the following call: Caller With Particularly Shrill Voice: What do Macy's windows look like? (Yesterday)

Light Up Night

The ice rink at PPG Place.

What to do: The holiday list

The snow this week made it a little easier to justify this leap into full-fledged holiday gear. Here is the big holiday list with Light Up Nights, "Nutcrackers," concerts, plays and more. (Yesterday)

The ice rink at PPG Place

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An assortment of trays. Clockwise, from top, an Anchor Hocking tray from the 1960s, stocked with black olives, sweet gherkins, carrots, celery and marianted mozzarella; a green glass leaf tray from Giant Eagle Market District with giardiniera and cornichons; an elegant glass tray with pitted black olives, red Cerignola olives and bright green Castelvetrano olives, the best-seller at Pennsylvania Macaroni Co. in the Strip District.

A tradition to relish: Pickle trays add colorful snap to holiday table

Pickle, or relish, trays have a place at holiday dinner tables that's as central as the turkey's, in their own way. They are the calling card for the meal to come, and a welcome for your guests. (Yesterday)

	Relish trays
	Colorful relish tray

Holiday mishaps make for memories

Have you thought about what you're going to be thankful for this Thanksgiving? Well, if you're going to someone else's home instead of hosting, be thankful for that. (Yesterday)

PG video: Holiday cooking

The Post-Gazette's Gretchen McKay risks a trip to the ER when she tries her hand at an increasingly popular (and dangerous) Thanksgiving tradition: the deep-fried turkey. (Yesterday)