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Saturday, January 6, 2024

HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED?

 Why Christmas Lights ...







and Nativity Scenes 




stay up until January 6th?


It has to do with the date
celebrated for when 
the 3 Wise Men arrived 
to greet the infant Jesus


It is known as Three Kings Day,
the Epiphany, 
the 12th Day of Christmas


It also marks the official start 
of the Mardi Gras Season
often called Carnival
which comes from
 the Latin words
 carne vale, 
meaning 
"farewell to the flesh."

Which is apt for my new novel


Mardi Gras, Magic, Murder
in 1947 New Orleans



Nuestra Señora de la Santa Muerte, 
Our Lady of Holy Death
is stalking the streets 
killing apparently at random.


Her Acolyte is stalking the shadows 
of the French Quarter


A masked
Ball of the Undead
is held to entrap
hapless mortals.

 
And the bomb 
that has been ticking 
in the midst 
of the cast of characters 
from
Silhouettes in the Key of Scream
 to
 Perchance to Nightmare
 to 
Beware the Jade Christmas


Explodes in
RAZOR VALENTINE


Interested?

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2 comments:

  1. MiskyJanuary 7, 2024 at 4:13 PM

    I am back home in the UK, Roland, and Happy New Year to you. When is the Mardi Gras parade?

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    1. Roland D. YeomansJanuary 7, 2024 at 5:59 PM

      I've missed you, Misky. :-) The link to the whole Mardi Gras Season is : https://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/parades/
      Mardi Gras 2024, or Fat Tuesday, is on Tuesday, February 13
      But from now to then is the whole Mardi Gras Season.
      I had fun detailing a supernatural murder mystery in the Mardi Gras Season of 1947.

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