Mardi Gras!!

Mardi Gras Day!!   is coming tomorrow- time for all the jovial adventures and events to come to a climax at midnight Tuesday.  There has been celebrations for weeks--

Colors of Mardi Gras come alive as table decorations!

I found these decorations at the Alabama Rest Stop.

Why not leave up that Christmas tree to decorate

in Mardi Gras colors?!!

Did you know that Mardi Gras originated in

Mobile, Alabama before New Orleans??

Having a Mardi Gras Theme party?  Here is a tablescape

from From My Carolina Home.

Blog finds a Mardi Gras mini quilt for decoration.

time for the last King Cake................
The Epiphany or Little Christmas is observed on January 6th in many Christian churches. This day has come to be known as "Kings Day."

Since the 300's the day has honored the meeting of the three Wise Men with the infant Jesus. King Cakesbecame a part of the celebration to symbolize the "finding of the infant Jesus." 

Traditionally, 

King Cakes

 are oval-shaped to show unity of all Christians. The Mardi Gras season, which begins on this "Twelfth Night" (January 6th), is expressed on King Cakes by using the carnival colors of purple, green and gold. As a King Cake is cut, each person awaits anxiously for his piece to locate the small baby. 

A plastic baby is inserted in each King Cake. The person who finds the baby is deemed the "King" or "Queen" and will bring the King Cake to the next King Cake party.