Three Kings or Three Wise Men Day

Three Persian Kings or Wise Men from the East

I was going to, I tried to upload a couple of fun videos of the New Years Eve party at the hotel but I'm having trouble uploading them, so I couldn't. I can only post the url.

First one's a tremendous electric mandolin player:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0p0Jo5WQec

This one's the fireworks at midnight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joeiylTiMdc


Well tonight marks the end of the Holy Days here. Tonight The Three Kings, Gaspar, Balthassar and Melchior come riding in on their camels who then eat the grass in the boxes that the children have put under their beds. They leave gifts for the children, just as they gave the baby Jesus gifts upon arriving at the manger guided by the star of Bethlehem. It's so much more romantic than the Santa story.

They gave him gold as a symbol of kingship on earth, frankincense (an incense) as a symbol of deity, and myrrh (an embalming oil from Africa and the Middle East) as a symbol of death.

I hope that the Three Kings, Wise Men, or Magi as they are known, will bestow upon us all of our petitions and wishes.