Do you get ashes on Ash Wednesday?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

No. I don't really recognize the day.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

It will be amusing to see who is ashy at tomorrow's debates.

I'd be really REALLY shocked if Santorum isn't.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Isn't Paul a Baptist or something? I don't think they recognize Ash Wednesday.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The reason I don't is because Ash Wednesday is simply the introduction to Lent, which (at least if recognized the way it typically is) is the epitome of "legalism" which in the hipster Christianity tradition is almost treated the single worst sin anyone can possibly commit.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I was kind of joking there obviously, and it's not entirely true that Lent is entirely disregarded by all of these types of churches (see here and here for example), but the way fasting is promoted by the Catholic church and interpreted by a lot of people is pretty legalistic (the no meat on Fridays thing comes to mind). I think it's kind of sacrilege really to think something like giving up chocolate is comparable to the suffering of Christ or any type of worthy ritual. Now something like quitting smoking as mentioned in the second post is different.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I got ashes at 12:15 Mass and wore them until track practice at 5pm. I always feel sort of weird about wearing them normally wipe them off as soon as I can because we have the Gospel reading telling us we shouldn't let anyone know we're fasting or giving things up and then all walk out with black stuff on our foreheards. It always seemed like a tradition that goes against the point. But I was told I was supposed to so I did. I only saw like ten people I know anyway, all of whom already know I'm Catholic so I guess it doesn't matter.

That's why most Protestant churches that recognize Ash Wednesday advise that someone not wear the ashes all day.

I only saw one person with ashes today, an old woman at Target.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I am not at all familiar with this practice. In fact, I have never heard of it so my answer is obviously "no".

So no one in Switzerland does it, even Catholics?