02/17/2026
February 17th, 2026 Fat Tuesday 🥳Mardi Gras
☕️☕️So, where do you fall in all of this? Do you celebrate any of the various traditions?~
Or possibly a variety of traditions? dO tEll!👇🏻
This is a mask I painted several years ago while living in sunny Florida~ we decorated the length of our picket fence with masks on the fence posts and beads strung around their necks. Fun and festive🥳
Here’s some information that I found on the internet:
Like Ash Wednesday and Easter, Mardi Gras' date changes annually based on the spring equinox. Mardi Gras will always fall on the day before Ash Wednesday, which is always about seven weeks before Easter.
What is Mardi Gras?
It is a day of gluttonous indulgence, reflecting the practice of the last night of consuming rich, fatty foods ahead of the long Christian season of Lent which is marked with fasting and abstinence.
The day is immediately followed by Ash Wednesday on Feb. 18, which marks the start of the Lenten season, a 40-day period of reflection before the joyful celebration that is Easter.
(Source: When is Mardi Gras 2026? Date, meaning and what to know about Fat Tuesday
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