If you are a christian, you may be familiar with this day. It’s the arrival of the three wise men, the Magi, who brought gifts to honor the newly born baby Jesues. In my house growing up we had a manger scene. In addition to hiding the baby jesues until Christmas eve, my mom also had the three wise men on camels set out a ways from the manger. The would move closer each day after the birth finally arriving at the manger scene on January 6th, Epiphany!
As Mike and I traveled around leading up to Christmas we were astounded at the effort and attention put into the Nativity scenes. Now we know why…..
Here in Spain the celebratory day is Epiphany! By celebratory I mean this is the day the gifts are given. It’s a family time….. but the day before is the wonderful wild celebration of the Three Kings by way of a parade!
This is a parade for everyone but particularly kids. All of the floats throw candy and confetti as they roll by, and I mean bucket loads of candy. Kids (and grownups alike) are scrambling around picking candy off the ground, stuffing thier bags and pockets full! It’s a blast. Disney, Marvel and comic characters have thier place in the parade but the grand finale are the Kings.
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Wonderful photos, Heather! And how much more pleasant to mark the arrival of the Wise Men than to note the arrival of the insurrectionists at our Capitol a year ago!!
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Why am I not surprised to read the first paragraph about your childhood?ð
About ten years ago I started collecting simple nativities. They are one of my favorite things about the holiday season.
I love this simple one that I got at a garage sale. Itâs from Africa? The Middle East? Canât remember right now.
On Thu, Jan 6, 2022 at 11:33 AM Mirczak’s Magical Year wrote:
> Mirczak’s Magical Year posted: ” If you are a christian, you may be > familiar with this day. It’s the arrival of the three wise men, the Magi, > who brought gifts to honor the newly born baby Jesues. In my house growing > up we had a manger scene. In addition to hiding the baby jesues until ” >
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Elaine,
Hello! How fun to hear from you. Happy New Year. I hope things have started out well heading back to school. I know the covid situation is going out of control. In more uplifting topics, I saw a nativity scene Iast week that I wish I had taken a photo of for you. It was by far the best one I have seen yet. I love that this post resonated with you. I had no idea that nativity scenes were your jam. 🙂 It’s pretty cool that these are universal around the world. You mentioning finding one from Africa or the Middle East. We don’t speak similar languages, we have different cultures but this symbol can be shared. We are watching the dismantling of all the holiday decor… taking down the lights, trees, etc… Until next year.
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