We just learned about the season of Lent.
The Lenten season begins on a Wednesday, and the day right before that is sometimes called Fat Tuesday.
It's called that because during lent many people give up eating some types of meat or food with lots of fat in it as a way to remember Jesus living in the desert for 40 days.
So on Fat Tuesday people eat big meals and foods with lots of fat since it's the last chance they will have to eat that food, and some of the food might go bad before lent is over.
One celebration is called Paczki Day which comes from Poland, where people would make big donuts filled with jelly to use up the last of the dough before lent.
(from: wikipedia - pączki)
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