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Planning for Mardi Gras begins on Jan. 6 鈥� the Epiphany in the Christian calendar, also the 12th day of Christmas.
Sometimes, it鈥檚 a short buildup to Mardi Gras, but this year with Easter falling later, it鈥檚 been a longer season.
Mardi Gras means Fat Tuesday, the last day before Lent and a celebration filled with food and drinks before Lent begins and you move into the Easter season.
At Bayou Bakery in Arlington, Virginia, dozens of boxes of famous King Cakes were stacked high, as people get ready to celebrate Mardi Gras.
The King Cake is typically a cinnamon cake or pastry with cream cheese icing that鈥檚 purple, green and gold. The colors stand for 鈥渏ustice, faith and power,鈥� said Bayou Bakery owner Simone Rathle.
The plastic baby in the middle of a cake symbolizes the baby Jesus greeted by the Three Wise Men on the Epiphany.
She said the original cakes used to have a magic bean in them, but it evolved to the plastic baby for the religious aspect of the holiday.
鈥淚t鈥檚 good tradition, good luck, to find the piece of cake with it,” Rathle said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 good luck. I mean, you鈥檙e king for the day, queen for the day! It鈥檚 fabulous.鈥�
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