Mardi Gras is a weeks-long celebration that leads up to, and culminates on, Fat Tuesday. Fat Tuesday, also referred to as Shrove Tuesday, falls on the day before Ash Wednesday. Fat Tuesday is often ...

Each year, many people of Christian faith embark on a 40-day ritual of penance and renewal known as Lent. The annual observation is traditionally recognized from Ash Wednesday through Holy Thursday, ...

Fat Tuesday is the culmination of the Carnival season and the day before the start of Lent. It’s marked with parades, balls and celebrations. Get top local stories in Southern California delivered to ...

Tomorrow is Fat Tuesday (and National Pancake Day), and although we may not be in New Orleans, Denver definitely knows how to celebrate. Fat Tuesday originally got its name from the practice of eating ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Fat Tuesday, a day to indulge before the beginning of Lent, is just around the corner! Heaven on Seven on Wabash, the authentic, critically acclaimed Cajun restaurant of Chef Jimmy ...

NEW BRITAIN, CT. (WFSB) - Today is Fat Tuesday, where many feast on sweet treats before the start of lent. In New Britain, paczkis were flying out the door at local bakery Roly Poly. The treats come ...

After a Fat Tuesday filled with paczkis and pancakes, tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, marking the start of lent for people of Christian faith. Lent is a 40-day period preceding Easter Sunday where people ...

Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or after the spring equinox. This year, Easter is Sunday, ...

OLNEY, England — Women in matching checkered aprons, headscarves and a rainbow of running shoes limbered up Tuesday as they prepared for the centuries-old pancake race in this English country town.

Call it Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras, or Shrove Tuesday--today is when Christians traditionally get the reveling out of their systems before the austere 40-day period of Lent begins. In preparation for the ...

This year, March 4 is Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, the last day of the Carnival season. It's celebrated in New Orleans and around the United States and the world with parades, balls and parties. But ...