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Mardi Gras Party Ideas

Mardi Gras party ideas are essential to making your next Mardi Gras party a hit down on Bourbon Street. These articles covering Mardi Gras party ideas give you tips on decorations, scene setters, beads and all the trimmings to make Fat Tuesday fun!

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Beads, Beer, and Bourbon Street!

3/7/2011

Mardi Gras isn't just for New Orleans! Celebrate Fat Tuesday in style with great products and ideas from Windy City Novelties!

Celebrate Mardi Gras early with your very own party

11/16/2010

Although Mardi Gras may be a few months away, that doesn't mean you can't capture the essence of the event with your very own party inspired by the festival. The best part is that this theme can be used for everything from a birthday to New Year's Eve party.

Channel the spirit of New Orleans with a Mardi Gras party

8/26/2010

New Orleans is one of the livliest cities in the United States, if not the world. The music, the food and the people all make the city a great place to go for a celebration. Of course, the time of year when The Big Easy is the craziest is during Mardi Gras. Although Fat Tuesday is still months away, that does not mean you can't indulge you and your friends and family by hosting a wonderful Mardi Gras-themed party. Getting everybody you care about together for a carefree extravaganza can be the perfect way to relieve the stress caused by everyday life.

Say 'bonjour!' to a great midsummer Mardi Gras party

7/13/2010

Mardi Gras is one of the most unique celebrations the world has to offer. Despite originating overseas, thanks to a rich cultural tradition in Louisiana and Mississippi, it has continued in America. Ever since the French settled in the late 16th century, the annual blowout before Ash Wednesday is one of the biggest parties in United States, especially in the Gulf Coast. Although it is months away from the actual celebration of Mardi Gras, that does not mean you cannot host a midsummer Mardi Gras party of your own that is sure to be magnifique.

It's not too late to celebrate Mardi Gras!

2/10/2010

Mardi Gras is upon us! And, as if the annual event could get any more wild and carefree, the streets of New Orleans are also full of sports fans celebrating their Super Bowl win.

Mardi Gras traditions from around the globe

2/1/2010

Mardi Gras as we know it, or "Fat Tuesday," is the celebration of excess and pleasures of the flesh before the traditionally somber Lenten season. However, for thousands of years, people have been ushering in the spring time and a new year with revelries and festivals. In fact, many of today's Mardi Gras celebrations stem from the traditional vernal parties.

The History of Mardi Gras

1/19/2010

When most people think of Mardi Gras, which literally translates as Fat Tuesday, they often have visions of masked revelers abandoning their sense of decorum and indulging all of their vices as they toss Mardi Gras beads, imbibe drinks and dance in the streets of New Orleans.

Mardi Gras

1/12/2010

Now that the holiday season is behind us, Mardi Gras is the next enlivened celebration that is perfectly poised to bring us out of the winter doldrums.

Celebrate Mardi Gras in style!

12/10/2009

After you've thrown out all of the crumpled holiday wrapping paper and swept up the last of the New Year's Eve confetti, things tend to quiet down and life returns to business as usual.

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