re: I don't care for Mardi Gras anymore.

I don't care all that much about parades in general, but all the festivities/traditions that we do every year makes it great.
In the past two nights I've attended three house parties with neighbors and ran into tons of friends/neighbors out on the parade route and enjoyed it all.

My kids aren't into the parades that much, but seeing other family kids and such out throwing footballs/frisbrees before the parades and all of the excitement that in general all of this brings.