Tomorrow is known as Mardi Gras Day or Fat Tuesday. It’s the day before Ash Wednesday, which is the beginning of Lent for Christians around the world. It’s considered a day of great celebration for some, especially in New Orleans!
Mardi Gras parties in that Louisiana city are not complete without a King Cake — sweet bread dough filled with cream cheese or fruit, braided into an oval ring to represent a crown. It’s topped with a fondant icing and colored sugar: green for faith, purple for justice and gold for power. A small item is baked inside, usually an itty-bitty plastic baby symbolic of Baby Jesus.
Over the years various duties or privileges have come with being the one who finds the baby in their piece of decorated bread. Nowadays, at many events, the person who found the baby is regarded as the “King or Queen” of the party. CJK
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