Call it Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras, or Shrove Tuesday--today is when Christians traditionally get the reveling out of their systems before the austere 40-day period of Lent begins. In preparation for the ...

and Trinidad and Tobago on the last Tuesday before Lent — the six-week period from Ash Wednesday leading up to Easter during which Christians fast, repent, and pray. While Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday is ...

It's Fat Tuesday, which in Chicago and the suburbs means it's Paczki Day! Lots of people are lined up bright and early on this Fat Tuesday to grab their delicious Polish doughnuts at Weber's Bakery on ...