If it wasn’t already a super-sized celebration, expect to see Mardi Gras beads, parades ... Interestingly, it wasn’t always a ...

The small, plastic baby baked inside of king cakes is one of the most well-known traditions of Mardi Gras. Everyone knows if you get the baby, you have to buy the next delicious purple ...

Instead of a bean, tiny baby dolls—made of china at first, now plastic—were baked inside. “There wasn’t much variation from one bakery to another,” Williams said. But by the 1970s ...

NEW ORLEANS (NEXSTAR) — What does it mean when the Super Bowl comes to town in the middle of New Orleans Carnival season? An even bigger party! If it wasn’t already a super-sized celebration ...