Holidays

NORTH OGDEN -- Candy handouts will be allowed at this year's Cherry Days parade, but it will not be thrown from floats. People will walk alongside the floats next to the curb to distribute candy.

SALT LAKE CITY -- A Utah park ranger who was shot and critically wounded Nov. 19 near Moab is recovering at home.

OGDEN -- They may have had their Christmas -- and their car -- stolen, but Meg Johnson said she and her husband are just glad they are both safe.

LAYTON -- With no snow in sight, holiday travel is on the rise this year.

Puppeteers present a holiday show

BRIGHAM CITY -- The World of Puppetry Museum celebrates the season with a holiday show on Saturday.

The museum is open from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. the first and third Saturday of each month, with puppet history tours, demonstrations and puppet-making activities.

The holiday puppet show, starting at 3:30 p.m., is called "Antics at the North Pole." The show includes vignettes about new North Pole helpers who learn how to make Santa's sleigh fly, and struggle with not opening their own gifts until Christmas. There's also a puppet story about a shepherd.

Time to pull the boxes out of the attic, hang up the wreath and wrap your house in lights and garland. Holiday decorations are making their annual debut, to the misery of some who suffer from asthma and allergies.

"You disturb dust and other debris that hasn't been touched for a year and it can certainly cause problems," says Dr. Richard Lockey, director of the allergy and immunology division at USF Health in Tampa.

If your symptoms have been under good control but lately you are short of breath, sneezing, wheezing or coughing, or have itchy, watery eyes or a runny or stuffy nose, the problem may be seasonal.

OGDEN -- Postal Service officials anticipate an especially busy few weeks as people rush to send packages and letters in time for Christmas.