They are burned the following year to make the Ashes that will be distributed on Ash Wednesday.
Catholic AnswerThe article below, put out by the BBC last year says that there are about 5 million Catholics in Britain, or about 1 out of every 12 people as of last year (2010).
Paradise Palms - 2014 was released on: USA: 1 January 2014
Wet Palms - 2004 Who Is Lucky Hanson 1-1 was released on: USA: September 2004 USA: 24 September 2004
January 1, like Christmas, is a major feast, or solemnity, and no funerals or weddings would be held.
Wet Palms - 2004 Separate Lives 1-8 was released on: USA: 3 December 2005
Sunrise Earth - 2004 Tropical Palms 1-8 was released on: USA: 6 October 2004
Wet Palms - 2004 The Au Natural 1-4 was released on: USA: 10 February 2005
Wild Palms - 1993 The Floating World 1-2 was released on: USA: 17 May 1993
Wild Palms - 1993 Rising Sons 1-3 was released on: USA: 18 May 1993
Wet Palms - 2004 Relationships of Mass Destruction 1-3 was released on: USA: 24 October 2004
Wet Palms - 2004 A Not-So-Simple Plan 1-5 was released on: USA: 10 March 2005
Less than 1/10th of 1%