Three Kings Day is also known as the Epiphany and falls on January 6th. You know...the 12 days of Christmas?! Well, in Mexican tradition, the eve of January 6th children leave their shoes out for gifts the 3 Wise Men will bring them. Later that day a Rosca de Reyes will be eaten with Mexican hot chocolate. The rosca is a bread type pastry made in the shape of a ring. It's made with orange blossom water, butter and candied fruit. Inside, is a doll that represents the baby Jesus. Whoever gets the doll in their slice of bread must throw a party on February 2, "Candelaria Day," with tamales and atole (a hot sweet drink thickened with corn flour) to their guests. Luc was lucky enough to find the plastic baby Jesus and I can't wait for our tamale party!
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Who buys the "winner" a new filling?
Some Italians celebrate Epiphany, too. My family had a few years of it as it became the traditional festival on which my parents would bring out unwrapped gifts they'd hidden before Christmas and promptly forgotten.
A good sign of an impending Epiphany celebration was one of my parents saying "I thought we bought you more??" on Christmas morning after you'd opened all of the gifts that could be located.
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