{"id":165,"date":"2012-02-20T09:07:53","date_gmt":"2012-02-20T14:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/vao\/2012\/02\/20\/mardi-gras-february-21\/"},"modified":"2012-02-20T09:07:53","modified_gmt":"2012-02-20T14:07:53","slug":"mardi-gras-february-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/vao\/2012\/02\/20\/mardi-gras-february-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Mardi Gras!-February 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mardi Gras, French for &#8220;Fat Tuesday&#8221; marks the end of Carnival and the beginning of the Christian feast of LEnt. The biggest Mardi Gras celebration in the US is in New Orleans, Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p>Weds, Feb. 22 is Ash Wednesday, in some Christian churches the first penitential day in the season of Lent. 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