St. Patrick's Day is the day the whole world celebrates the luck of the Irish. Parades, drinking green beer, and Irish music are just part of the celebrations. Of course, St. Patrick's day is more fun in costume, dressing up a mischievous little Leprechauns or sexy Beer Hall Girls definitely make a St. Patty's Day Party even more fun!
Below are just some of the St. Patty's Day costumes we have available at AnniesCostumes.com. We also have lots of green costume accessories, wigs, necklaces, green makeup to add some flare to your St. Patty's Day outfit!
Purim is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people in the ancient Persian Empire from destruction in the wake of a plot by Haman, a story recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther. Purim is characterized by public recitation of the Scroll of Esther, additions to the prayers and the grace after meals, giving mutual gifts of food and drink, giving charity to the poor, and a celebratory meal, other customs include drinking wine, wearing of masks and costumes, and public celebration. For Purim, we feature queen and king costumes, biblical period costumes, Roman period costumes, Esther costumes, Mordecai & Haman costumes. Purim 2012 begins at sundown March 7th.
Mardi Gras falls on a different day each year and 2012 had a very early Mardi Gras, but for Universal Orlando, the party is not over! Mardi Gras goes on through April 14, 2012 at Universal Studios in Orlando, FL. They have a daily parade where you can see Mardi Gras floats and catch Mardi Gras beads. There is French Quarter, New Orleans style music and food in the courtyard, concerts on Saturdays, and an after party night time at City Walk.
Mardi Gras is always such a fun time of the year with all the parades, costumes, theme parties and masked people celebrating all over the world. Mardi Gras is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana; but people all over the United States celebrate Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras is traditinally the celebration before lent, and is celebrated in different ways all over the world. There are Carnivale celebrations in South America and parts of Europe, and in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, they celebrate Fasching. Here are some great definitions from Wikipedia:
Mardi Gras is almost here! This year, Fat Tuesday is February 21, 2012! So, it's time to get started with the party planning and costume picking! We have been busy at work on our newly designed site and we are now featuring some great Mardi Gras Costumes, Mardi Gras Costume Accessories and Mardi Gras masks.
For Mardi Gras, your costume can really be anything at all, or maybe your party has a specific theme? We always have a wide variety of costumes for any theme. And then we also have Mardi Gras specific costumes in the purple, green and gold that make that Mardi Gras look famous!
There are many more masks to see in all different styles, colors and designs. Many of our masks are hand made in the USA and are very beautiful. Please come and check them out!
I received this email from FightForTheFuture.org and figured I share it as a good way to end the blackout on my blog. Not that I post to it everyday anyhow, but it's just the principle.
"Today was nuts, right?
Google launched a petition. Wikipedia voted to shut itself off. Senators' websites went down just from the sheer surge of voters trying to write them. NYC and SF geeks had protests that packed city blocks.
You made history today: nothing like this has ever happened before. Tech companies and users teamed up. Tens of millions of people who make the internet what it is joined together to defend their freedoms. The free network defended itself. Whatever you call it, the bottom line is clear: from today forward, it will be much harder to mess up the internet.
Approaching Monday's crucial Senate vote there are now 35 Senators publicly opposing PIPA. Last week there were 5. And it just takes just 41 solid "no" votes to permanently stall PIPA (and SOPA) in the Senate. What seemed like miles away a few weeks ago is now within reach.
But don't trust predictions. The forces behind SOPA & PIPA (mostly movie companies) can make small changes to these bills until they know they have the votes to pass. Members of Congress know SOPA & PIPA are unpopular, but they don't understand why--so they're easily duped by superficial changes. The Senate returns next week, and the next few days are critical. Here are two things to think about:
1. Plan on calling your Senator every day next week. Pick up the phone each morning and call your Senators' offices, until they vote "no" on cloture. If your site participated today, consider running a "Call the Senate" link all next week.
2. Tomorrow, drop in at your Senators' district offices. We don't have a cool map widget to show you the offices nearest you (we're too exhausted! any takers?). So do it the old fashioned way: use Google, or the phonebook to find the address, and just walk in, say you oppose PIPA, and urge the Senator to vote "no" on cloture. These drop-in visits make our spectacular online protests more tangible and credible.
That's it for now. Be proud and stay on it!"
You can also see my article for South Florida Internet Marketing Association on the SOPA Protest: SFIMA Blog
