Cardinal Edward Egan blesses the participants of the Easter Parade after celebrating Easter Sunday Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York on April 16, 2006. The annual parade attracts participants from around the world dressed in outfits ranging from elegant to outrageous.
Rob Elliot, left, and his wife, Christine Cosby, of Kincardine, Canada, go for a stroll on New York's Fifth Avenue wearing Easter Bunny hats during the Easter Parade on April 16, 2006.
Shawn Pavlin of Ottawa, Canada, goes for a stroll on New York's Fifth Avenue during the Easter Parade on April 16, 2006.
Brooks Hart, left, of the Bronx and Jeremy Pocktor of Manhattan go for a stroll on New York's Fifth Avenue during the Easter Parade on April 16, 2006.
Charlene Chivoe, right, Noche, center, and Craig Hollywood join the Easter Parade on New York's Fifth Avenue on April 16, 2006.
Rose Marie Thoms, right, and her husband, Nathan Steinberg, of Orange, Mass., were a part of the Easter Parade in New York City on April 16, 2006.
Dakota, a St. Bernard, takes a nap on New York's Fifth Avenue alongside Emma Bargende, 3, of Natick, Mass., during the Easter Parade on April 16, 2006.
Sisters from left, Stephanie, 10, Elizabeth, 12, Kacey, 15, and Nancy Worman of Tom's River, N.J. all go for a stroll wearing oversized Easter bonnets on New York's Fifth Avenue during the Easter Parade on April 16, 2006.
Jada, a belly dancer from Brooklyn, performs on New York's Fifth Avenue during the Easter Parade on April 16, 2006.
Chris Weller, left, Michael Arenella, center, and Gregory Moore, all of Manhattan, go for a stroll as the "Gardenia Gang" on New York's Fifth Avenue during the Easter Parade on April 16, 2006.
Sly, of Hoboken, N.J., is dressed as Moses with the Ten Commandments on New York's Fifth Avenue as he participates in the Easter Parade on April 16, 2006.
John Danny Madden, left, and his wife, Victoria Bell, go for a stroll on New York's Fifth Avenue during the Easter Parade on April 16, 2006.
Dominick Costanzo of Manhattan takes his Dachshund, Lolly Pop, for a stroll on New York's Fifth Avenue during the Easter Parade on April 16, 2006. (Lolly Pop sure looks like one mortified Easter doggie.)
Celia Hancock of Gladstone, Mo., participates in the Kansas City Easter Parade on April 15, 2006, at Zona Rosa in Kansas City, Mo.
Emma Luginbuhl, 8, of Cullowhee, N.C., admires Sophie, the dog, held by Terry Aldridge of Whittier, N.C., before the 18th annual Dillsboro Easter Hat Parade in downtown Dillsboro, N.C., April 15, 2006. The event drew about 70 participants and was sponsored by the Dillsboro Merchant's Association.
Participants take to the streets of downtown Dillsboro, N.C., during the 18th annual Dillsboro Easter Hat Parade on April 15, 2006.
Cierra Hercules, 10, balances her first-place Easter bonnet on her head at the Asbury Park 71st Annual Easter Pageant Parade in Asbury Park, N.J., April 16, 2006.
Victoria DenBleyker, 4, of Loch Arbor, N.J., parades her Easter bonnet at the Paramount Theater in Asbury Park, N.J., April 16, 2006. DenBleyker's bonnet (which she said her father helped her make) won third place in the Asbury Park 71st Annual Easter Pageant Parade.
Victoria DenBleyker, 4, center, and Naomie Dey, 4, talk as they wait to be introduced during the Easter bonnet competition at the Asbury Park 71st Annual Easter Pageant Parade in Asbury Park, N.J., April 16, 2006. Dey won second place and DenBleyker was third in the Easter bonnet category.
Contestants waiting to be introduced at the Asbury Park 71st Annual Easter Pageant Parade in Asbury Park, N.J., include Ahmad Coleman, left, and Chris Frink, second from left, April 16, 2006.