Three Kings' Day
6 January 2026 — The star guides the caravan, and the rosca waits on the table! Happy Three Kings' Day!
On 6 January Western churches mark Epiphany, associated with the visit of the Magi (in the Orthodox tradition the day commemorates the Baptism of Christ). In Mexico the day is known as Día de Reyes, or Three Kings' Day. According to the Gospel of Matthew, wise men from the East followed a star to bring gifts to the infant Jesus. In Mexico the day is tied to gifts for children: they write letters to the Three Kings and often leave their shoes out, then find presents in the morning. Families gather to cut the rosca de reyes, an oval or round ring of sweet bread decorated with candied fruit. A small figurine is hidden in the dough. By tradition, whoever finds it in their slice hosts a family meal with tamales on 2 February, Candlemas (Día de la Candelaria). The day closes the Christmas season in many countries. The link to the sky lies in the story itself: the guiding star the Magi follow is one of the best-known celestial images in Christian tradition.
Flying across the sky: An ethereal, bluish-silver constellation figure made of luminous dots and fine lines: three camels walking in a line across the night sky, following one large, bright guiding star
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