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So you may be cutting back on meat every Friday between now and Easter, but what about the rest of the week?

I'm Jewish, so Fat Tuesday was never anything but a holiday to me. I knew that it kicked off Lent, but seeing as I'm not supposed to give anything up for the next forty days (instead, I'll spend a week in April when God puts me on the Atkins Diet), the significance of the holiday that many of us will celebrate tonight (pass the beads, please!) has always been lost on me. As has the meaning of its name.

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their wives—it's tacky to get the same gift for your wife and your mistress) for a holiday in mid-February that was invented by Hallmark (or was it jewelers?) for the express purpose of banking some dough. And it's why you can now rent live chicks to keep in your home as part of your Easter celebration. Take a moment, go back, and re-read that. Yes, you read it correctly. You can now rent a pair of live chicks from one of a few area farms. For $40, you can keep two chicks for two weeks. Why two chicks? Well, according to the article, it's "because even in the animal world, singletons get lonely." (Remind us to run that quote again next Valentine's Day.)

Note: We realize that while not everyone celebrates Easter, hopefully this post can be taken as motivation to make greener choices in preparing for any future celebration or holiday.

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