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January 6, 2004
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Epiphany (also called Three Kings Day)
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Discord and Rhyme

Happy Birthday to me!
Happy Birthday to me!
Happy Birthday, Dear MEEEeeeeee!
Happy Birthday to me!

Gee - I wonder what day it is? Is it special? :::snicker:::

From the The Epiphany Season at The Voice (The Christian Resource Institute.): The term epiphany means "to show" or "to make known" or even "to reveal." In Western churches, it remembers the coming of the wise men bringing gifts to visit the Christ child, who by so doing "reveal" Jesus to the world as Lord and King.

Another page on Epiphany from a German American perspective: The twelve days of Christmas end with the Feast of Epiphany also called "The Adoration of the Magi" or "The Manifestation of God." Celebrated on January 6, it is known as the day of the Three Kings (or wise men/magi): Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar. According to an old legend based on a Bible story, these three kings saw, on the night when Christ was born, a bright star, followed it to Bethlehem and found there the Christchild and presented it with gold, frankincense and myrrh.



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