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
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?
I am back home in the UK, Roland, and Happy New Year to you. When is the Mardi Gras parade?
ReplyDeleteI've missed you, Misky. :-) The link to the whole Mardi Gras Season is : https://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/parades/
DeleteMardi 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.