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Nothing too new around these parts. A and N were sick when I got home so guess who they gave it to? Moi. We're all kind of just cranky and under the weather. My chest feels like I have a house on top of it.
Today is the parade for the three kings and tomorrow is Three Kings Day. Christmas is extended around here and it lasts until Jan 7th so I'm on vacation until the 10th.
Here's a little about Reyes........
In Spain, and some Latin American, including Puerto Rico in the Caribbean, and other 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, as related in the second chapter of the gospel of Matthew, 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) or La Pascua de los Negros (Holy Day of the Black men) in Chile, although the latter is rarely heard. 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. In Spain, children typically receive their presents on this day, rather than at Christmas. In Puerto Rico's variation on the custom, children take a shoe box, fill it with fresh grass and put it under the bed. The three kings will then take the grass to feed the camels and will leave gifts under the bed as a reward.
Today is the parade for the three kings and tomorrow is Three Kings Day. Christmas is extended around here and it lasts until Jan 7th so I'm on vacation until the 10th.
Here's a little about Reyes........
In Spain, and some Latin American, including Puerto Rico in the Caribbean, and other 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, as related in the second chapter of the gospel of Matthew, 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) or La Pascua de los Negros (Holy Day of the Black men) in Chile, although the latter is rarely heard. 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. In Spain, children typically receive their presents on this day, rather than at Christmas. In Puerto Rico's variation on the custom, children take a shoe box, fill it with fresh grass and put it under the bed. The three kings will then take the grass to feed the camels and will leave gifts under the bed as a reward.
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