{"id":314,"date":"2018-01-06T18:28:44","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T23:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homesteadinginthecity.kleinmartin.com\/?p=314"},"modified":"2018-01-06T18:28:44","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T23:28:44","slug":"epiphany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homesteadinginthecity.kleinmartin.com\/?p=314","title":{"rendered":"Epiphany"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is not one of the days in the carol, but it is the final day of the holiday season. Last night was Twelfth Night (which yes, Shakespeare named a play after, and was supposed to be performed on the last night of Christmas) \u00a0and we spent it with friends, eating and having a good time.
\nToday is Epiphany, Three Kings Day, Kings Day, or some other name for it. It\u2019s the day the Kings made it to see Jesus (after following that star). For many people, this is the gift giving holiday. My grandfather used to tell me of leaving straw out for their horses, and they would leave presents in your shoes.<\/p>\n

Other children in Italy get presents from La Belfana. She\u2019s basically a witch, and her story is sad, happy and motivational.<\/p>\n

As my mother told me, there was an old woman who opened her house to the Magi as they traveled to visit the baby. They invited her to come with them to meet the child as they continued on their journey, but she refused, saying she had too make chores to do. She would catch up to them.
\nWhen she had finally caught up, the family had left, and she had missed her chance to give the child presents. As such, she is doomed? blessed? to travel the world giving toys to little children in the hopes of eventually giving them to the child she missed.<\/p>\n

This is an adorable story to explain the magical presents to children that also makes them kind to old women, because you never know if this one may be \u2018Grandmother Witch\u2019. But there is another lesson, which I could not believe my mother had missed after telling me this tale so often.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s don\u2019t spend so much time working you miss the important things in life. I remember how shocked my mother was when I pointed that out to her.<\/p>\n

So on this extra day of gifts and food, I will remember Strega Nonna and her eternal quest caused by her inability to simply stop and be in the moment.
\nThank you for joining me on this journey. I enjoyed it.<\/p>\n

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