Thanks to my friend Dan W. for his the note on the Twelve Days of Christmas.

According to some religious calendars today Jan 6, is Epiphany, or the Three Kings Day. Others calendars put the date on Jan 7 or Jan 16. Scholars, aware of the problems with the Roman calendar put the date sometime in March or April. Whatever the facts, by English tradition, last night was the Twelfth night, for you Shakespeare fans, the night of revelry, which I am sorry to say I missed, so today is the Feast of Epiphany, meaning we should all go out and buy a king cake.

If you don't know, "The first week of January in New Orleans starts the King Cake season. King Cakes (aka, Dia de la candelaria, Bolo Rei, Kue Keranjang, galette des Rois, or Mr. Mixie Dough) first appeared after 1872, when the Rex Krewe selected the Mardi Gras colors (purple, green and gold). The traditional King Cake is a coffee cake, and is oblong and braided. It is iced with a simple icing and covered with purple, green and gold sugar. Each cake contains a hidden bean or small plastic baby, and custom tells that whoever finds it must either buy the next King Cake or throw the next King Cake Party."

I say any day where you can eat a cake with toys in it is a great day.

So happy Three Kings Day to all.