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Mayor Ray Nagin, joined by his wife Seletha, holds a plastic baby, he pulled from his slice of the ceremonial first king cake of the Carnival season at Gallier Hall in New Orleans, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. By tradition, the person who finds the baby in a slice of king cake is supposed to buy the next one. King cakes, a concoction of cinnamon-laced dough sometimes with fruit or creme fillings, are popular at office parties and family gatherings through the Carnival season, which ends with Mardi Gras on Feb. 24.

(AP Photo/Bill Haber)