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This day is sometimes known as the Día de los Tres Reyes Magos (The day of the Three Magi) or La Pascua de los Negros (Holy Day of the Blackmen) in Chile, although the latter is rarely heard. The day when a group of Kings or Magi of the Bible arrived to worship and bring three gifts to the baby Jesus after following a star in the heavens. In Spain, Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico and some other Latin American countries Epiphany day is called El Día de los Reyes (The Day of the Kings). In english it is called by the name of the Christian holiday, Epiphany day. In Chile virtually none celebrates the day. In Spain and Argentina and other countries can be quite common.

All that many people seem to think about in the first week of January is the sales.īTW, the Three Kings can be called that, more commonly perhaps the Three Wise Men, less often the Magi. The fact that confusion reigns about the exact date of Twelfth Night just goes to show what a sadly moribund state some of the old traditions are in. To me, the twelfth night of Christmas is the evening of 5 January, the Eve of the Epiphany. I disagree with the BBC, however, when it claims 6 January to be the date of Twelfth Night. See this example from a BBc for Schools page: If what you are asking is, as I guess, what is the best way to refer in English to the Feast of the Epiphany as celebrated in Spain, why not do as Philippa suggested and just keep it in Spanish, together with whatever explanation you might wish or feel the need to add. 'Anglo-Saxon culture' was knocked on the head by William the Conqueror over 900 years ago when the invading Normans killed the last Anglo-Saxon king at the Battle of Hastings in A.D.

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So, to your question, how to call the day of Epiphany?

In Spain you choose to tell the story of the wise men on Epiphany, in other countries the 4 wise men take the place they deserve, that is very little mention back stage. So Epiphany is Epiphany, in Spain as anywere else. The festival of the Presentation is first documented in Jerusalem in the late 4th century the custom of observing it with lighted candles (the source of the name Candlemas) dates to at least the mid-5th century. The Greek Church calls it Hypapante ('Meeting') in reference to Jesus' meeting there with Simeon, to whom it had been revealed that he would not die before meeting the Messiah. In the Christian church, the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple is a celebration of the presentation of the infant Jesus and the post-childbirth purification of Mary in the Temple, in accordance with Jewish law. Some countries have chosen to emphasise the story of the wise men (by the way there is no proof they where three, could have been 2,4,7?) over the real reason for epiphany, that is the presentation of the baby in public. It's called 'La cabalgata de Reyes'.Įpiphany is a well known celebration in any culture within the Christmas context, including England, Germany, US,Canada and does not 'lack'.

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Even the national TV broadacasts one of these parades in an important 'provincia' each year. The day before (5 January) is when the TWM are supposed to leave presents in houses during the night and there are big parades all over the country. So parents give presents to their children as you do on Christmas Day. In 'El día de Reyes' we celebrate the day the Three Wise Men visited Baby Jesus briging him presents. At least I know when's the Independence Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving Day, Guy Fawkes, etc. I took for granted you had a slight idea about 'Los Reyes Magos' It's nothing against you but it makes me think that we Spanish know much more about other national festivities than others do.

The good thing is that we have also adopted the Anglo-Saxon celebration (Father Christmas) and children in Spain are really lucky because the're given presents twice, and don't go back to school until 7 January.

On 'El día de Reyes' we celebrate the day the Three Wise Men visited Baby Jesus briging him presents. At least I know when the Independence Day, is Halloween, Thanksgiving Day, Guy Fawkes, etc. It's nothing against you but it makes me think that we Spanish know much more about other national festivities than others do. I took for granted you had a slight idea about 'Los Reyes Magos'.