In New Orleans today is Lundi Gras--Fat Monday. Its celebrity relies entirely on that of the next day. Sort of like Christmas Eve. A suburb of a holiday. While a pre-holiday has become more famous than the holiday itself (Halloween), but Lundi Gras will be forever sandwiched between the Sunday before Mardi Gras--when the parading reaches its peak--and Mardi Gras itself. Few people work in New Orleans on Lundi Gras.