today is Three Kings Day aka Epiphany Day, do you know anyone w/ traditions for this?

[King Dorado]

where I live some families exchange their Christmas gifts (instead of on Christmas Day). Also, in some families here, the Three Kings leave gifts for the children.

(I know Epiphany is on a different date in the Eastern Orthodox churches).

are there any customs where you live for Three Kings Day / Epiphany Day?

 

[Alienfish]

Not really. It's a red day/holiday here but it's basically just a free day/sunday for the stores and an excuse for schools to starter after it? idk we don't celebrate it here.

 

[Knopekin]

I love your love of different festivals celebrated around the world

In Catholic tradition, Epiphany is a feast day celebrating when the Three Wise Men arrived in Bethelehem. It is one of the Holy Days of Obligation (meaning Catholic Churches will hold a special Mass on that day). Churches will have a nativity on display - our church would have the empty stable through most of Advent, add everyone but Jesus and the Kings about a week before Christmas, add Jesus at Christmas - and the Kings will only be added for the Epiphany Mass.

Epiphany marks the end of Christmastide in the Catholic Church, so from tomorrow, we are in an amusingly named part of the liturgical year called Ordinary Time, which lasts until the beginning of Lent.


tl;dr: Observant Catholics should go to church for Epiphany, add the kings to their nativity, and take down their decorations.

 

[Esphas]

never even heard of it until now lmao

 

[Emizel]

Where I live on the night of 5/6 january the Ephiphany brings sweets to children. c:

 

[lazyislander]

i'm from puerto rico, and they do tend to celebrate three kings day (los reyes magos), but since i moved to the us, the tradition has died down in my immediate family. usually we'd leave hay for the horses/camels in shoe boxes and get gifts in return if we were good.

 

[Hermione Granger]

i'm from puerto rico, and they do tend to celebrate three kings day (los reyes magos), but since i moved to the us, the tradition has died down in my immediate family. usually we'd leave hay for the horses/camels in shoe boxes and get gifts in return if we were good.

Same. I have not celebrated the holiday in 10+ years since I moved. It's mentioned, but we don't celebrate it anymore. I'd leave grass in a shoebox under the bed when I celebrated!

 

[tybalt_cake]

I live in Mexico City, normally the night of Jan 5th, three men go dressed as the three kings and they wander in the whole city making the illusion to many kids they are giving gifts.
The hype on the kids for these guys is way higher than for Santa Claus since you get more gifts!
And as in other comments above, we leave food for the camels and horses too and some may put his card to the king either in a shoe or attaching the card to a balloon and let the balloon fly in the air

 

[Kittyinpink87]

all that i know is it's the day to take down your Christmas tree. I think.

 

[Hatori]

My family and I celebrate Three Kings Day but not as much as we used to when I was younger. All we do now is just buy a "rosca de reyes" where a little toy figure (usually that of a baby to represent Baby Jesus) is placed somewhere inside the pastry. In my family, whoever happens to find the toy figure in their piece of the pastry is supposed to cook/clean next for the family. We don't really do that anymore and instead we just eat the pastry or have my siblings place their shoes or shoe box underneath their beds or outside in order to receive gifts.