long time ago in Spain and other Catholic countries, it is customary to celebrate at the same time on the day of the Epiphany and the feast of Three Kings on 6 January. On this day was celebrated in Egypt and Saudi the winter solstice. The custom is to place the evening of January 5, along with shoes, children are no longer visible (usually a window) acompañadolos with something sweet for the kings from the east, the gifts they requested in a letter to Magi, thus recalling the generosity these magicians had to worship the Christ Child. Is also customary to make representations referred to as the arrival of the Three Kings Parade.
... I hung a few shoes for you, I hope this is a visible enough and that these wise men have no excuse to leave good gifts to you all!
In times of English colonization, especially in Cuba and Puerto Rico, this day of rest was for black slaves, who took to the streets to dance to the beat of drums. This causes the name of Easter Blacks that day is still known in some countries. Is also customary to make representations referred to as the arrival of the Three Kings Parade.
. The tradition of the Magi as generous suppliers of toys and gifts to children is relatively recent and was only adopted by some Latin countries. The kings began to bring toys to the children until the mid-nineteenth century, before the gifts were limited to matters relating to daily life. Gaspar
was in charge of distributing sweets, honey and fresh fruit;
Melchor tended more to the practical and strong were the clothes or shoes;
Baltasar played the worst role to have to deal with punishing the naughty children leaving coal or wood for any gift, a symbol of racist thinking.
order to carry out their work fairly Magi possessed the help of some elves who spied on the children and had their heads down to the smallest details of their behavior. The custom requires children to bring clean shoes Twelfth Night to get along with them, at dawn, the gifts of the magi. And they also have to leave straw or grass and water for the camels.
In Spain, Germany (Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Saxony-Anhalt as official holiday) and in some Latin American countries, it is customary that children (and by extension, older) receive gifts of the Magi on the night of Jan. 5. The day also is a public holiday throughout Austria, Italy, Sweden, Finland, Croatia, Liechtenstein, Slovakia and parts of Switzerland (Schwyz, Tessin, Uri and some communities in the canton Graubünden). It is normal for children to write a letter to the king asking for the gifts they want and ensuring their good behavior during the year.
Anglo-Saxon countries spend on 6 January to remove the Christmas decorations. Formerly held celebrations on this occasion and cooked a cake which was hiding a bean or a small silver coin. The person who found the bean or coin was appointed Jewish king or lord of the disorder and was forced to take on the festivities that night. This tradition originated in Spain in the typical twisted roll of kings (rosca de reyes) taken on that day and that hides a small surprise inside.
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