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The holiday's are upon us and if it calls for a celebration, nobody does it better than SWLA. Enjoy a Cajun flare to your Christmas holiday complete with the best food, music, parades and thousands of lights.

As we reported yesterday, there’s a better-than-even chance that ‘American Idol‘ star Joshua Ledet will be returning to town on Saturday like the conquering hero he’s become.  First, he'll be here in our studios, then he'll be in a parade, then finally he'll give a live performance at Burton Coliseum.

He’s hit the big time, baby, and he’s bringing it all back home if he makes it through one more week. "American Idol" favorite Joshua Ledet will be live in our studios this Saturday, May 12 during the 8 a.m. hour and there will then be a parade in his honor and a live concert at Burton Colliseum that same afternoon, but only if you get him through one more round.

Mardi Gras parade routes will be shifting this year, thanks to construction in the downtown area. The City of Lake Charles and Mardi Gras of Southwest Louisiana released the new route map yesterday.

Laissez les bon temps rouler! Let the good times roll!  It's carnival time, Mardi Gras time and every Mardi Gras Krewe state wide is struttin' their stuff for Louisiana's biggest and most popular festivals.  Krewes and costume designer set out a year in advance to make sure they have the best floats to the flashest costumes.

So the holidays have come and gone and now it’s time for another major holiday for Louisiana. Mardi Gras is coming and it’s an early one this year! Mardi Gras this year is on February 21st and it kicks off with the 12th night celebration this Friday night January 6th, 2012 at the Lake Charles Civic Center!

The city of Leesville Louisiana will be holding their “I’ll be Home for Christmas” parade for redeployed soldiers from Fort Polk. It will be the largest military parade in the city since 1943 and it all happens this Saturday Dec. 10th. Here are all the details:

It’s time to light up the lakefront in Lake Charles, and it all happens Saturday, Dec. 3. The City of Lake Charles will hold its annual Christmas parade and lighting up of the lakefront. They plan on having a street parade, lighting up the front of the Civic center, holding a boat parade that night and finishing off the night with a fireworks show. Here are all the details on the event: