FAT TUESDAY

This is the only time I will use the word FAT .. LOL .. I adore Mardi Gras .. and today I would like for everyone to send prayers today and think about our brothers and sisters that are still down there cleaning up after the hurricane mess .. They still need out support !!! Enjoy all that is MARDI GRAS !!!! ********************* What is Mardi Gras ***************** Fat Tuesday is Mardi Gras, the festival New Orleans, Louisiana, is famous for. "Gras" is French for fat and "Mardi" is French for Tuesday. The annual festivities start on January 6, the Twelfth Night Feast of the Epiphany, when the three kings are supposed to have visited the Christ Child, and build to a climax on Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, which always occurs on the day before Ash Wednesday. The parties and parades will continue until Lent begins at the stroke of midnight on Tuesday. Mardi Gras is a legal holiday in New Orleans. It is scheduled to occur 46 days before Easter. Since the actual date Easter occurs on changes yearly, Mardi Gras can happen on any Tuesday between February 3 and March 9. For two centuries it has been an annual event in New Orleans, except during the two World Wars.

Hi Nat, Thanks for the info. Always good to know why we need to party. Ha Ha. Your always a wealth of information. Thanks for being here for all of us. Hugs, Susan

Hi Tink....I have a freind who is down there trying to help out with the victims....she said it is so sad. She is however, enjoying the Mardi Gras, lucky lady....Thanks for the info....Love ya and can't wait to see you. Hugs, Betsy