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rations in the traditional Mardi Gras colors of <a href="https://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/history/traditions/colors#:~:text=And%20in%201892%2C%20the%20Rex,There's%20no%20denying%20that.">purple, green, and gold</a>: wreaths on doors, ribbon-wrapped mailboxes, store windows festooned with masks, beads, and fleur-de-lis.</p><p id="6859">Our Welcome Center greets visitors with the display in the header photo, and you’ll find more on our celebrations in my story about them:</p><div id="1a0a" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-joys-of-a-small-t

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Wouldn’t you like to live in a town that looks like this today?

Credit: City of Fairhope

Schools in my Alabama county are closed today for Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday, and if you didn’t know it was a holiday, you might guess it from all the decorations.

The Carnival season begins on Jan. 6 or Twelfth Night. And by Lundi Gras or Fat Monday, my town abounds with decorations in the traditional Mardi Gras colors of purple, green, and gold: wreaths on doors, ribbon-wrapped mailboxes, store windows festooned with masks, beads, and fleur-de-lis.

Our Welcome Center greets visitors with the display in the header photo, and you’ll find more on our celebrations in my story about them:

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