While many countries are were celebrating Christmas, most Latin individuals will have celebrated Three Kings Day. While everyone stops celebrating on December 25th, the parties continue almost non-stop all the way until January 6th when Three Kings Day draws the activities to a close.
Three Kings Day, also known as El Dia De los Reyes is a long held Latin American tradition. It celebrates the gospel account relating to the visit of the three magi or in this case the three kings visiting the baby Jesus. According to Latin culture January 6th saw three different men visiting Jesus-Melchor, Gaspar, and Balthazar. The first is believed to have arrived by horse, the second by camel and the third by elephant and they brought gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. This is probably one of the most exciting days of the year for kids, since it is on this day that they receive their presents. According, to popular culture, kids place a box filled with straw, grass or hay under their beds. This is a gesture of good will and supposed to be used to feed the king’s horses while they rest as their owners make deliveries if a child is good, they wake up the next morning to find candies, sweets or toys in their boxes. If they were bad they will receive a lump of dirt or charcoal.
Young adults, enjoy the night with parties and fun. Their celebrations start right after Christmas and continue until Three Kings Day in early January. In fact, Dia de los Reyes party is the next big event on the calendar after Christmas, lots of planning goes into these celebrations.
Some of the most popular traditional foods are Three Kings Cake, Guava and Toasted Almond Tamales and Mango Ice Tea and others.
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I have never heard of Three Kings Day before, but it was so interesting to read about it here today and learn more about the holiday. I hope you had a great celebration
I have heard of Three Kings Day for sure. I hope you have a great celebration!
Thanks for sharing a lot of great information about Three Kings Day! I’d never really known about the history behind it, although I did know it existed.
I’ve heard of Three Kings Day I think! We don’t celebrate it but it’s always fun to learn about other traditions!
Although we’ve never celebrated 3 Kings Day, we always mark that as the day we wait for before we take down our Christmas decorations. I love the idea of this celebration and would love to try those tamales!
I have never heard of three kings day celebrations before but this is so cool. Thanks for sharing x
It was so interesting reading about Three Kings Day. I have heard of it but didn’t know much about it. Thank you for sharing!!
I’ve never heard of Three Kings Day before. Thanks for sharing this. I love to learn about different traditions.
I have never heard of Three Kings Day but this is awesome! Thanks for sharing about it, I think we will do this with Liam!!
I love the idea of celebrate the holiday all the way through to Three Kings Day! Thanks for sharing the recipes also.
This sounds like a great celebration. I didn’t know about Three Kings Day until now.
I’ve heard of Three Kings Day when I used to study Spanish. Christmas generally ends here in Ireland on the 6th too after the Epiphany. Great giveaway!
My family (of Slovenian origins) has always celebrated the Feast of the 3 Kings and when I taught French, it was one of the highlights of the year, probably because of the surprise in the cake! When I lived in Italy, I learned that it’s THIS day when gifts are exchanged and I love that tradition, too! Thanks for reminding me of how lovely it is to extend the holidays through the whole TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS!
Thank you for sharing about Three King’s Day! My friend’s son made a Three King’s Cake for extra credit in Spanish class!
This is very interesting. I;ve never heard about Three Kings Day until now. I’m glad you enjoyed your holiday
Oh wow! Now I know the story behind Kings Cake! I’ve never heard of Three Kings day until now, but it totally makes sense to celebrate that day.
Never of heard of it either. Sounds like a wonderful day for those who celebrate it. I hope that you and your family enjoyed it!
Everything looks SO good! I have never celebrated Three Kings Day, but this is an awesome occasion!
This is a great post. I have heard of Three Kings Day before but never understood what it was before. It sounds like an amazing celebration indeed. Thanks for sharing,
I really love celebrating Three Kings Day, and I’m always heard about that celebration it was great and nice.
I think I have start hearing more about this last year – I honestly didn’t thought it was being celebrated since we never did in my country but this is truly a wonderful time!
My birthday is on January 6. As a kid I always loved that it marked the end of the official Christmas season.
Omg I seriously do not know how I have never heard of Three Kings Day?!? Sounds neat though. Love learning about other traditions
I knew a bit about the history of Three King’s Day but not this much! I loved learning everything you had to share, looks like you guys had a great time.
OMGoodness…Guava and Toasted Almond Tamales sounds like heaven. I have heard of Three Kings Cake before, but was not aware of the other associated foods or drink (mango iced tea – yum!)
What a great occasion to celebrate! I love it. The almond tamales and the mango tea sound delightful!
I’ve heard about three kings day before but I did not know this much about it. Thanks for this very informative posts! It sounds like a fun time for everyone!
That looks like an awesome celebration! I have never heard of three kinds day before. Love learning about new things like this!