{"title":"Mardi Gras","description":"\u003cp\u003eMardi Gras is the final day of Carnival it thus falls on the day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday. \u003csup id=\"cite_ref-3\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan title=\"French-language text\"\u003e\u003ci lang=\"fr\"\u003eMardi Gras\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e is French for \"Fat Tuesday\u003cspan\u003e\", referring to it being the last day of consuming rich, fatty foods, most notably \u003c\/span\u003ered meat\u003cspan\u003e, in preparation for the Christian fasting season of Lent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, during which such foods are avoided.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-Rose1995_4-0\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/4060\/8558\/collections\/mardi_gras_image.jpg?v=1768743945","url":"https:\/\/www.riverbirchandco.com\/collections\/mardi-gras.oembed","provider":"River Birch \u0026 Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}