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<\/a><\/p>\nIn the night of January 5th, all children in the country must go soon to bed, but not without leaving in his window his clean shoes, a bit of water, and some milk. This ritual is made because in this dawn they wait for the arrival of The Three Wise Men from the east, and the children who behaved well all year long, and will receive a gift, try to relieve in this way so long trip both to their majesties and to their mounts, the camels.<\/p>\n
On January 6th, only the Epiphany was celebrated in the East, whereas in the West it was only the celebration of Christ\u2019s birthday, on December 25th. Both dates were adopted, being the closest to the celebration of the former Roman saturnales, holidays where even the slaves enjoyed a kind of “freedom”, and the connection with the winter solstice, and the lunar phases. As time went by, these dates became more and more important, being celebrated both of them nowadays. According to the popular tradition, three magicians, kings of East, went to offer to the newborn child in Bethlehem some exotic presents: gold, incense and myrrh. From the beginning of the middle ages, it became widespread in Spain the habit of giving gifts to the small ones in honour to this Biblical event. And it was in the 15th century when it was finally decided not only the number and origin of the magicians, but also that Balthazar was of black race.<\/p>\n
From that moment on, Melchor, Gaspar and Balthazar make a long trip to visit those little children that behaved themselves well, and will receive their gift. The rest of us will have to resign ourselves with an enormous chunk of coal\u2026 \u00a0Therefore, my dear friends behave yourselves quite well, because we are still in time of receiving a gift!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
En la noche del 5 de enero, todos los ni\u00f1os del pa\u00eds se deben marchar pronto a la cama, no sin antes dejar en su ventana sus zapatos bien limpios, un poco de agua, y un poco de leche. Este ritual se realiza porque en esa madrugada se espera la llegada desde oriente de los…<\/p>\n