Happy Three Kings Day! In Latin America - where I spent the majority of my childhood - tomorrow (January 6th) is Three Kings Day (or
Epiphany Day as it is called in other places) and it is a day that is celebrated with just as much importance as Christmas Day, if not moreso.
From Wiki:
In Spain and some Latin American countries Epiphany day is called El Día de los Reyes (The Day of the Kings), i.e., the day when a group of Kings or Magi arrived to worship and bring three gifts to the baby Jesus after following a star in the heavens. This day is sometimes known as the Día de los Tres Reyes Magos (The day of the Three Royal Magi). In Spanish tradition, on the day of January 6, three of the Kings: Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthazar, representing Europe, Arabia, and Africa, arrived on horse, camel and elephant, bringing respectively gold, frankincense and myrrh to the baby Jesus. Children (and many adults) polish and leave their shoes ready for the Kings' presents before they go to bed on the eve of January 6. Sweet wine, nibbles, fruit and milk are left for the Kings and their camels. In Mexico, it is traditional for children to leave their shoes, along with a letter with toy requests for the Three Kings, by the family nativity scene or by their beds. In some parts of northern Mexico the shoes and letters are left under the Christmas tree. The shoes may be filled with hay for the camels so that the Kings will be generous with their gifts.
The part of Three Kings Day that I have always liked the most is the slicing and the eating of the "
Rosca" cake. The Rosca de Reyes cake ("Kings Ring" Cake)
is eaten after dinner on Three Kings Day. Everyone present at the meal gets a slice of the cake and inside one of the slices is a miniature doll that represents Baby Jesus. It is considered a tremendous blessing to be the one who finds the baby Jesus figure in their slice of cake. My family will be slicing and eating our Rosca cake this evening.
May it be a blessed day for you and y
ours, as well.
Happy Three Kings Day! In Latin America - where I spent the majority of my childhood - tomorrow (January 6th) is Three Kings Day (or Epiphany Day as it is called in other places) and it is a day that is celebrated with just as much importance as Christmas Day, if not moreso.
From Wiki: In Spain and some Latin American countries Epiphany day is called El Día de los Reyes (The Day of the Kings), i.e., the day when a group of Kings or Magi arrived to worship and bring three gifts to the baby Jesus after following a star in the heavens. This day is sometimes known as the Día de los Tres Reyes Magos (The day of the Three Royal Magi). In Spanish tradition, on the day of January 6, three of the Kings: Melchior, Gaspar, and Balthazar, representing Europe, Arabia, and Africa, arrived on horse, camel and elephant, bringing respectively gold, frankincense and myrrh to the baby Jesus. Children (and many adults) polish and leave their shoes ready for the Kings' presents before they go to bed on the eve of January 6. Sweet wine, nibbles, fruit and milk are left for the Kings and their camels. In Mexico, it is traditional for children to leave their shoes, along with a letter with toy requests for the Three Kings, by the family nativity scene or by their beds. In some parts of northern Mexico the shoes and letters are left under the Christmas tree. The shoes may be filled with hay for the camels so that the Kings will be generous with their gifts.
The part of Three Kings Day that I have always liked the most is the slicing and the eating of the "Rosca" cake. The Rosca de Reyes cake ("Kings Ring" Cake) is eaten after dinner on Three Kings Day. Everyone present at the meal gets a slice of the cake and inside one of the slices is a miniature doll that represents Baby Jesus. It is considered a tremendous blessing to be the one who finds the baby Jesus figure in their slice of cake. My family will be slicing and eating our Rosca cake this evening. May it be a blessed day for you and yours, as well.
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