Show TIME OF G GIFT IFT GIVING my aly daily prayer this year I 1 T threshold hr esmiol d of a new year epiphany being the time 0 gift i it giving to in many lands presents ars are associated with the wise men and their gift bearing satellites according to spanish legend the wise men pass through spain each year on epiphany eve as they journey to Beth bethlehem lehern to pay homage to the christ child children envisioning the procession of the magi wending its way across the horizon the genet gen gem set et crowns and blazing torches melting with the we suns sunset place place their dwir shoes on window sills and balconies before going to bed the shoes are filled with hay ay tor for the wise mens horses on epiphany morning the hay bay Is gone and toys and sweet meats overflow such receptacles i bedana was cleaning house when the wise men stopped to inquire how near they were to bethlehem be fana ana kne knew nothing about bethlehem nor had she heard of the tha holy intent infant whom the magi were seeking so 10 she finished her sweeping and went to bed but bedana could nat sleep the regal cortege which had passed her door the bright star which gleamed la in the sky and her own premonitions haunted her so BO bedana started for bethlehem at raid midnight nigh t on epiphany eve alas the magic hour had passed and although bedana has wandered ever since she has never found her way to B bethlehem th lehem that Is 13 why la bedana brings bring toy and confections confect ions to italian children on epiphany eve and russian ba bouska holds a candle to the face of each sleeping child while she slips a present under his pillow hoping that some day she will find the babe of f bethlehem |