Wise Men Visiting The Baby Jesus

Every year on January 6, Christians and Catholics celebrate the feast of the Wise Men. In some Catholic communities, children are often the recipients of more gifts. Sometimes tradition calls for making and eating  “La Rosca de Reyes” which contains a figurine of the baby Jesus. The person who has the baby Jesus in their portion gets to prepare dinner for friends and relatives. I didn’t know about this tradition until my sister told me.

The following excerpt from Wikipedia provides more information.

The Rosca de reyes is traditionally eaten on January 6,^[1] during the celebration of the Día de Reyes (literally “Kings’ Day”), which commemorates the arrival of the three Magi or Wise Men. In most of Spain, Spanish America, and sometimes, Hispanic communities in the United States, this is the day when children traditionally get presents, which are attributed to the Three Wise Men (and not Santa Claus orFather Christmas). In Spain before children go to bed, they leave a dish filled with biscuits and a few glasses of water for the three wise men and the camels they ride on.^{[citation needed]} The baby Jesus hidden in the bread represents the flight of the Holy Family, fleeing from King Herod‘s Massacre of the Innocents. Whoever finds the baby Jesus figurine is blessed and must take the figurine to the nearest church on February 2 (Candlemas Day, Día de la Candelaria). In the Mexican culture, this person has the responsibility of hosting a dinner and providing tamales and atole to the guests. In U.S. communities with large Mexican and Mexican-American populations, such as Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, Dallas and Chicago, the celebration includes the Mexican hominystew pozole, which is made for all one’s neighbors.