[Travelandtourism] Three Kings Celebration in Puerto Rico

[Peter Donahue]

Hello Cheryl and everyone,

    Variations of the Three Kings Celebration are held World-wide 
particularly in Europe. Mary knows about how Christmas is observed in Spain 
so I'll let her weigh in on that one.

Peter Donahue


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
To: "travelandtourism" <travelandtourism at nfbnet.org>; "Echevarria 
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Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 9:25 AM
Subject: [Travelandtourism] Three Kings Celebration in Puerto Rico



Good morning all:
The holidays just don't end on January 1, there are many holidays in other 
areas of the US or the world that is celebrated, like Kwanzaa, which I am 
not familiar with, my knowledge is about the Three Kings Celebration in 
Puerto Rico.
You may or may not know my husband, Nelson, well he was born and raised in 
Puerto Rico until the age of the New York Mets here in NY, yeah boy is he 
old, LOL.
Anyway, he has been living in NY or as he says it the US, for over 50 years, 
and yes, he robed the cradle.  LOL, nope was already married, and had a 
child. I started at 12 rofl.
Boy, am I in a silly mood today.
Anyway, Three Kings
The festival, celebrated since 1884, honors the Three Kings who brought 
gifts of incense, gold and myrrh to the Baby Jesus. While the holiday is 
celebrated throughout Puerto Rico, the largest gathering is found in a town 
outside Ponce, called Juana Diaz. People of all ages and nationalities 
converge on this small town to watch and participate in the festival.

My husband and his family comes for the town of Juana Diaz.  He says he 
comes from Ponce, but the city is Juana Diaz, in a little Barrio called, 
Manizanilla.
I am posting this another other things and places that go on in Puerto Rico, 
because everyone thinks Puerto Rico is San Juan, and it isn't.
It is like me saying I am from Brentwood, NY and let's face it, when you 
mention, New York, everyone thinks, New York City, and a lot of people who 
live on Long Island or other areas of NY, have never been to New York City.
Also, Puerto Rico, is part of the USA, meaning No Passports Required, and 
for those with the travel and tourism division, we may want to go as a 
group, it is great, and plus if we go a certain time of the year when my 
brother in law is not teaching, he knows the ins and outs of the Island.
I will post tomorrow some of the things that we do and eat during the time 
between thanksgiving and three kings, which is like going to Walt Disney 
world during Christmas for myself, it is magical.
The people of Puerto Rico, are real familia (family), like to party, but in 
a different way they we like to, will give you the shirts off there backs, 
like my Nelson.

Anyway, back to the Three Kings Celebration, which start January 6
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