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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle
Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras) is an actual church observance for many. I actually don't have a problem with using the theme of Mardi Gras as celebrated in New Orleans for a formal theme - the beads, masks, colours, etc. That's really more of a regional than a religious observance. It's the debauchery on Shrove Tuesday itself which gives me pause. And even that doesn't more than mildly annoy (and amuse) me.
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Although there are certainly Masses on Shrove Tuesday just like any day, it's not traditionally a religious observance. It's pretty much always been eat, drink, be merry for tomorrow we fast.. and the next day. I mean toss in absolution of your sins on that day if you're particularly observant but other than that the debauchery shouldn't be any more shocking on that day than any other from an ecclesiastical perspective.