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Is there a Mardi Gras live cam online?

At TripSmarter.com, visitors can view webcams of Bourbon Street, Jackson Square and New Orleans Exchange Alley. The website also offers a cam of live bands at Tropical Isle and several traffic cams. NOLA.com offers a cam of the French Quarter, St. Charles Streetcar, Canal Street and Stanley! Restaurant. Visitors can also view cams of the Mississippi River and Algiers Ferry. NewOrleansWebsites.com offer three different cams of Bourbon Street, a balcony view from the Cat's Meow bar and a cam from ACME Oyster House.

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What month has the greatest redemption of gift cards?

Consumers spend over $110 billion on gift cards annually, as of 2015. Roughly 93 percent of consumers purchase or receive gift cards annually, and 83 percent of corporations offer gift cards to employees as rewards or incentives.\nNearly three-fourths of people using gift cards spend more than the value of the card, spending an average of 20 percent more than its value. Consumers fail to redeem 2 to 20 percent of gift cards received. There has been over $44 billion in unredeemed gift cards since 2008.

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What is the most popular candy for trick or treaters?

Snickers bars, particularly the fun-size variety, are the third most favored candy. Rounding out the top five are the plain Hershey's chocolate bar and the Kit Kat. Most of the varieties listed in the top ten are candy bars, including 3 Musketeers at number six and Almond Joy at tenth in popularity. Other popular Halloween treats are fun-size Twix, Hershey's Cookies 'N' Creme, and Milky Way bars.

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What are some weird celebrity funerals?

Jimmy Dean died at the age of 81 and was buried in a 9-foot long granite piano that overlooks the river adjacent to his mausoleum. His epigraph reads "Here lies one hell of a man."\nThe television-watching public best knows of Willie McCoy as the distinctive bass vocalist who performed on a commercial jingle for the Chili's restaurant chain about baby back ribs. Upon his death, he had his body interred in a coffin customized to look like a barbecue smoker. McCoy's ceremony featured live pigs and a pastor wearing a chef's hat.\nHunter S. Thompson's remains were blasted out o..

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What are some games to play on Thanksgiving?

"Thanksgiving Bingo" is a bingo game that is themed around Thanksgiving. Use cardstock to print bingo cards that spell "feast" along the top instead of "bingo." Rotate people who call out the numbers. Use pictures of pilgrims and turkeys on the bingo cards.\n"Thanksgiving Mad Libs" is a story that doesn't have the adverbs, adjectives and nouns. Members of the family take this story and in their own words to create a fun story themed around Thanksgiving.\nTake the family outside to play a game of "Turkey Tag." Put three clothespins on each player and have everyone else try to run to other ..

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How do you find giant pumpkin carving patterns?

The Pumpkin Lady provides hundreds of free pumpkin carving patterns and a tutorial on how to carve a pumpkin with a pattern. First, cut out the top and remove the seeds. Download the desired pattern or template, and tape it onto the pumpkin. Using a nail, poke small holes around the lines of the pattern, and then remove the pattern. Carve along the holes to cut out the necessary pieces. Place a light in the pumpkin to create a jack-o-lantern.\nIn order to download stencils and pattern from House of the Zombie Pumpkins website, create an account and log in. The patterns are divided into categor..

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When did Thanksgiving become a national holiday?

George Washington also held a national day of giving thanks and prayer but it was not made into a national holiday. Those against the holiday stated it was inappropriate to celebrate a day of prayer in a country that separated church and state.\nPresident Roosevelt moved the holiday to the third Thursday of November to give stores a few more selling days between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Congress stepped in and urged him to move the holiday back to the fourth Thursday of November; he conceded, and as of 2014, this remains the date Thanksgiving is celebrated each year.

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What time is a formal wedding?

A white tie wedding is the most formal type of wedding. Guests should dress as if they are going to a ball. Women should wear long formal dresses. A dress with a train is acceptable. Men should wear tuxedos with white waistcoats and ties to white tie weddings. Black tie weddings are formal but not as formal as white tie nuptials. Men should wear tuxedos with black ties and waistcoats but no tailcoats. Women should wear formal cocktail dresses.

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What prayers do people say at funeral services?

The family of the deceased and the funeral officiant generally determine which prayers will be included in the service. The deceased may have left guidelines specifying wishes for the funeral prayers.\nReligious observance dictates the propriety of certain prayers. Islam, for instance, has a specific prayer that is a necessary component of the funeral ritual. Common resources for funeral prayers are religious texts, such as the Book of Common Prayer and the Methodist Worship Book for Christians. Popular Christian prayers are Psalm 23 and Ecclesiastes 3:1-8. The funeral of a person who is not r..

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What is some interesting trivia about Christmas?

Frankincense and myrrh are also significant Christmas symbols because they come from the Three Wise Men. According to How Stuff Works, frankincense, an incense that comes from the Boswellia tree, symbolizes prayer. Myrrh not only symbolizes the suffering of Jesus Christ, it also has medicinal value. The advent wreath has several symbolisms attached to it. For one, its shape represents God and eternity. The green pine of the wreath symbolizes eternal life. The candles represent the light of Christ. As a whole, the advent wreath represents not only the arrival, but also the inevitable return of ..

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