User blog comment:Memphis the light/Community Zone/@comment-3002957-20110309140723/@comment-2182504-20110309142948

It's a Christian thing. Lent is where you give up something for 40 days to symbolize Christs forty days of suffering in the desert. Lent goes from Ash Wednesday (today) to Easter Sunday. (The Day Christ rose from the dead) It's a religion thing.