PHOTO GALLERY FOR SUN., NOV. 25, 2018

2018-11-25 00:00:00

A young alligator snaps a treat from a tour guide's pole during a boat tour of the Honey Island Swamp near New Orleans. Eric Freehling/Butler Eagle

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Siblings, left to right, Chase Kurtz, 4, Carter Kurtz, 2, and Makenxie Kurtz, 11 of Saxonburg dressed for the occasion to watch the Saxonburg parade Friday night. Harold Aughton/Special to the Eagle:

Santa and Mrs. Clause made a special guest appearance during the Saxonburg Parade Friday night. Harold Aughton/Special to the Eagle:

While Black Friday is often a day to buy things at discounted prices, the Cranberry Township EMS sees it as a chance to help the less fortunate.TANNER COLE/BUTLER EAGLE

While shoppers packed every inch of shopping space, Friday, Cranberry Township EMS Shawn MacIntyre collected toys that will go to underprivileged children through the county.Tanner Cole/Butler Eagle

A Jeep Liberty is loaded onto a wrecker following a two-vehicle crash about 8 a.m. Friday on Route 8 at Mahood Road in Center Township. Emergency crews said two people in the Jeep were taken ambulance to Butler Memorial Hospital with unknown injuries. State police are investigation the crash.

Stained glass windows glow against the dusk at the St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, the oldest Catholic cathedral in continual use. Eric Freehling/Butler Eagle

A worker at Mardi Gras World spray paints a Fred Flintstone figure for use in a future Mardi Gras celebration. Mardi Gras World is a working studio that revamps and creates figures and floats. The workshop is open for public tours. Eric Freehling/Butler Eagle

This building in the French Quarter sports the wrought-iron railings seen on many of the older buildings in New Orleans. The city melds a variety of cultures, French, Spanish, Creole and Caribbean. The Louisiana state flag featuring a pelican flies on the right. Eric Freehling/Butler Eagle

Sharing his snapshots is Eric Freehling of Middlesex Township, who also is Community section editor at the Butler Eagle. He is shown here in St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 one of New Orleans’ above-ground graveyards. The high water table in New Orleans makes graves impractical in the region. Eric Freehling/Butler Eagle