1. On Fat Tuesday, Meredith watched the banners being unfurled in the ballroom with a stab of pride in her heart.

2. It means Fat Tuesday in French.

3. Fat Tuesday offers Christians (and others) a final chance to party before the penitential season of Lent begins.

4. Do you celebrate Fat Tuesday? If you live in New Orleans , Louisiana, or any place else along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, you probably do.

5. Hi, everyone. Three days after Fat Tuesday it is Sad Friday, and sad everyday, in New Orleans.

6. The New Orleans Carnival season begins annually on January 6 and culminates in Mardi Gras, the "Fat Tuesday" before Ash Wednesday.

7. Mardi Gras, French for "Fat Tuesday", is a worldwide celebration.

8. Mardi Gras (French for "Fat Tuesday") is a celebration, sometimes called "Carnival," practiced around the world, on the Tuesday prior to Ash Wednesday.