![]() ![]() How many of the people who get the slices with dolls actually end up buying the tamales themselves is an open question. ![]() Whoever gets a doll in their slice, and you have to cut your own to avoid feelings of being cheated, is supposed to buy the tamales on February 2nd- Día de la Candelaria: a Catholic tradition celebrating the presentation of Jesus in the temple. The large oval-shaped cakes -sweet bread topped with crystallized fruit and sugar- are interspersed with little plastic dolls representing the baby Jesus. The extravagant meals taken at Christmas and New Year are not repeated on Día de Reyes, but instead Rosca de Reyes (“Kings’ Loaf”) is eaten, usually with hot chocolate. The continuation of Three Kings Day celebration is notable in the commercial world: toy prices in Mexican stores aren’t discounted to unload leftover inventory until around the second week of January, and the days leading up to January 5th can often see shoppers out late at stores and markets desperately seeking to fill last-minute orders. Rather than the main course, this is for many a complement to the excesses of modern-day Christmas “ Por no dejar” -for the sake of keeping it- as some may say. Although this was gradually and inexorably taken over by the imported tradition of Santa Claus, families here maintain the tradition of giving children toys on Three Kings Day. Gift-giving traditionsįor many years, Three Kings Day was the date when gifts would be given to Mexican children, who would put shoes out before going to bed on the evening of January 5th. Never a country to shirk its festive responsibilities, Mexico traditionally closes out its Christmas and New Year celebrations on January 6th, Día de Reyes or Three Kings Day.Īlso known as Epiphany, the date marks the visit of the Magi to the Christ child: they are traditionally considered to have numbered three wise men, corresponding to the three gifts mentioned in the Bible. ![]()
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