Celebrate 2012: The Epiphany

The Epiphany, Twelfth Night, or Three Kings Day.  I remember learning about this day in my French class but could only remember that you ate a cake with a trinket or bean in it and whomever got piece was king for the day. 

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Here is what it really comes down too:
-This is the actual 12th day of Christmas and when Orthodox Christians celebrate the 3 Wise men finding Christ and presenting him with gifts.
-Baboushka or La Befana is a little old woman who tried to catch up with the wise men to visit Christ but didn't make it so she still wanders about looking and giving gifts.
- The Cake in France is called Gallette Des Rois and is made of puffed pastry and almond paste.

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So what to do to celebrate?

1. Make a cake of any kind or try your and at the Gallette Des Rois (above is a linked recipe).
2.  Leave some Christmas decorations up until this day and reflect on what it all really means as you take them down.
3.  Watch a Video of the 3 kings.
4.  Give Christ 3 gifts, 3 resolutions about how you will be a better person, get rid of a bad habit, become more like Him, etc...  3 personal Frankincense, Gold, and Myrrh.
5.  Read the story of the Other Wiseman by Henry Van Dyke, full text can be found here.

Why not make the holiday season last a bit longer.  Celebrate Epiphany!

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