Sunday, February 15, 2026

FAT TUESDAY IS 2/17, LENTEN OPTIONS, AND VINTAGE CROTON MARDI GRAS TOO

VINTAGE MARDI GRAS POSTCARD FROM CORNELIA COTTON GALLERY, 111 GRAND ST., (914) 271-6802 Click on the image; circa 1940's; reprint

---Mardi Gras (a.k.a., Fat Tuesday) falls each year on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday at the start of Lent. (2/17 IN 2026).

Traditionally, as part of that celebratory carnival, colorful king cakes are served at parties and gatherings. King cakes, either purchased or homemade, also tend to contain one customary ingredient—a tiny plastic king cake baby.  (You can usually find King Cakes at ShopRite, Super Foodtown of Croton and Baked 
by Susan.)

READ MORE ABOUT KING CAKES AT How the King Cake (and the King Cake Baby) Tradition Began

---Speaking of Shrove Tuesday, don't miss this event and fundraiser! The Youth Group of St. Augustine Parish is having their annual Pancake Supper on 2/17 more info at EverythingCroton: SHROVE TUESDAY 2/17 PANCAKE SUPPER HOSTED BY THE ST. AUGUSTINE YOUTH GROUP

---MARDI GRAS PARADES ARE STREAMED AT Mardi Gras Parade Cam for 2026 in New Orleans with NOLA.com | Mardi Gras | nola.com

---AND WITH LENTEN TRADITIONS ON THE HORIZON, YOU MAY ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN EverythingCroton: LENT 2025---LENTEN MEAL OPTIONS, UPDATED

---And now some vintage Croton Mardi Gras:
*****1960 HOLY NAME, MARDI GRAS; OLD CROTON! CLICK HERE

*****2019 MARDI GRAS WINDOW FROM THE WESTCHESTER BALLOON COMPANY; CLICK HERE


MORE CROTON MARDI GRAS TOMORROW.

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