Show ANY TIME OF GIFT GIVING my aly daily prayer this thi is year threshold of a new y year epiphany being the time of 0 gin gift giving in many lands presents are associated with the wise men and their gift bearing satellites according to spanish legend the wise men pass through gh sp spain a in e each year on epiphany eve as they journey to bethlehem Deth lehem to pay homage to th the e ch christ rist child children envision ing the procession of the magi wending wendt I 1 its t a way across the horizon tile the gem set crowns and blazing torches melting with the sunset place their shoes on wan window ow sills and balconies before going to bed the sho slices es ore are filled with hay for the wise mens horses on epiphany morning the hay is gone and toys and sweet neet meats overflow such receptacles bedona was 61 cleaning caning house when the wise men stopped to inquire how near they were to bethlehem be fana knew nothing about bethlehem nor had she heard of the holy infant whom the magi were bete seeking so she finished her sweeping and went to bed but betana could not sleep the regal cortege which h had passed her door the bright star which gleamed in the sky and her own premonitions haunted her so betana started tor for bethlehem at midnight on epiphany evo alas the magic hour had passed and although bedana has hag wandered e ver ever since she has never found her way to bethlehem that is why la bedana brings toys and confections confect ions to italian children on epiphany eve and russian ba bouska holds a candle to the face of eath each sleeping child while she slips a present under his pillow hoping that some do day y she will find the babe of bethlehem |