Articles about 'La fête des rois or Kings Day'
January 2nd, 2008
Ed Gawlinski wrote:
I found among my music an Austrian folk song called “Song of the Three Holy Kings”… but I don’t have the words either in German or English to this. It sounds like a very nice tune. Perhaps someone might recognize it and provide the words.
Ed
Here’s the tune Ed sent me:
Midi Tune...
January 2nd, 2007
Kings Day is also known as the Epiphany and takes place on January 6th. It’s the day the Three Kings are said to have presented their gifts to Jesus.
In France, Kings Day is called Le jour des rois or La fête des rois. In honor of this day they eat Galette...
January 6th, 2006
Today is Kings Day in France. It celebrates the visit of the three Wise Kings to Jesus.
Monique from France wrote…
Friends generally gather to share a galette or a royaume (kingdom, that’s the way the King’s Cake, a ring cake without filling, is called in Southern France). The one who finds the trinket...
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January 4th, 2006
The Twelve Days of Christmas actually start on Christmas and go up to the Epiphany, on January 6th.
Here’s the legend: The Three Wise Men saw the star of Bethlehem on the day Jesus was born. It took them the time between Christmas and the Epiphany to find Jesus and present him with...
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