Tuesday 6 January 2009

Epiphany

Today is the epiphany of our Lord Jesus Christ which means... presents! The 3 Wise Men gave baby Jesus presents, so one would expect that, in the name of equality, they also bring presents to the rest of us. Good thing they have magic on their side because they have to visit every house in one night.

They didn't visit our house because we redirected them to Abuelo & Abuela's, so that's where we went (and also returned the car). We brought the roscón de reyes, which is a pretty horrible dry cake (though not as awful as it's British equivalent, the Christmas cake) people eat only today. We actually got a cream version, which is slightly more palatable, and a traditional one. Both have a present hidden inside and whoever gets it needs to buy next year's cake.

So the presents were dished out. Mummy & Daddy got their camera... again. And the binoculars we had already used to see the cranes. And a few IOU-style vouchers as things hadn't arrived in the post on time plus nobody seemed to like the clothes in the shops very much (with the crisis we have early sales, at the begining of the sales they try to offload the worse stuff). I got a few clothes which were quite nice though.

I must say I prefer to get most my pressies on the 25th - imagine getting a whole bunch of toys today and tomorrow go to school! Luckily I think I'm entitled to Dutch Saint Nicholas (6th December) British Father Christmas (25th December) and the Spanish 3 Wise Men (6th January).