Shei wrote: Feliz día de Reyes a todos!!!.. Awww.. mi dia de Reyes ha sido muuuuy lindo.. y acaban de darme uno de los regalos mas lindos que he recibido en Reyes.. una Serenata!!.. con la canción "cuando vuelva a tu lado" ... ohhhh...aun sigo pestaneando.. Feliz dia de los Reyes para ti tambien Shei. Ya vez ! Que este 2006 empieza bien Serenate y todo
Gracias Julie.. Feliz super dia de Reyes.. Lol woww...sii Julie, que linda serenata!! bien mexicana! quiero otra!!!!! jeje
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Feliz día de Reyes a todos!!!.. Awww.. mi dia de Reyes ha sido muuuuy lindo.. y acaban de darme uno de los regalos mas lindos que he recibido en Reyes.. una Serenata!!.. con la canción "cuando vuelva a tu lado" ... ohhhh...aun sigo pestaneando..
Feliz dia de los Reyes para ti tambien Shei.
Ya vez ! Que este 2006 empieza bien Serenate y todo
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Shei wrote: Feliz día de Reyes a todos!!!.. Awww.. mi dia de Reyes ha sido muuuuy lindo.. y acaban de darme uno de los regalos mas lindos que he recibido en Reyes.. una Serenata!!.. con la canción "cuando vuelva a tu lado" ... ohhhh...aun sigo pestaneando.. Shei......quien canta eso? (Y feliz dia de los resshhes amiguita) lol
LaDy... Gracias por tus saluditos de Reshes..!!! Lol ...Mira..el tema "cuando vuelva a tu lado" es viejo, es un bolero de la compositora Maria Grever, pero lo hizo mas popular Luis Miguel..
Cuando vuelva a tu lado No me niegues tus besos Que el amor que te he dado No podrás olvidar No me preguntes nada Que nada he de explicarte Que el beso que negaste Ya no lo puedes dar Cuando vuelva a tu lado Y estés sola conmigo Las cosas que te digo No repitas jamás, por compasión Une tu labio al mío Y estréchame en tus brazos Y cuenta a los latidos De nuestro corazón
Awwwww
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Feliz día de Reyes a todos!!!.. Awww.. mi dia de Reyes ha sido muuuuy lindo.. y acaban de darme uno de los regalos mas lindos que he recibido en Reyes.. una Serenata!!.. con la canción "cuando vuelva a tu lado" ... ohhhh...aun sigo pestaneando..
Shei......quien canta eso?
(Y feliz dia de los resshhes amiguita) lol
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Awww.. mi dia de Reyes ha sido muuuuy lindo.. y acaban de darme uno de los regalos mas lindos que he recibido en Reyes.. una Serenata!!.. con la canción "cuando vuelva a tu lado" ... ohhhh...aun sigo pestaneando..
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DulceGalletita wrote: LaDyBuG wrote: DulceGalletita wrote: I want a present today I hear Baina's rich LOL (refer to EXes thread) haha LOL LB!! Really, let me go check it out ... LMAO!!!!!!!!!! I can give you WHATEVER YOU WANT!!!!!!!!
Wow, interesting ... Umm, but I will let ya suprise me
@BUZZ: contal que sea un oreokuky okis dokis ... I work on Yonge & St. Clair LOL
buzzlightyear680 wrote: Feliz dia de los REYES...............................................do you believe in then or in Santa? thx for the reminder, today is my Brother's Bday !
Hope you took the time whish me a Happy one
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LaDyBuG wrote: DulceGalletita wrote: I want a present today I hear Baina's rich LOL (refer to EXes thread) haha LOL LB!! Really, let me go check it out ... LMAO!!!!!!!!!!
I can give you WHATEVER YOU WANT!!!!!!!!
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When a little child, my parents used to hide presents for me on new year's eve. Later, it became a Christimas morning thing. Since I "rediscovered" the church liturgical year, I do whatever is presents related on this day.
Of course that, TODAY, as such, I can't do shiat, because there're no relatives around and people here do christmas big time...but since you were asking about how we celebrate epiphany...
well, for those who do and have never been told with some detail what the point is....
In western Christian tradition, January 6 is celebrated as Epiphany.
It goes by other names in various church traditions. In Hispanic and Latin culture, as well as some places in Europe, it is known as Three Kings’ Day (Span: el Dia de los Tres Reyes, la Fiesta de Reyes, or el Dia de los Reyes Magos; Dutch: Driekoningendag).
Because of differences in church calendars, mainly between the Eastern Orthodox and the western Catholic and Protestant traditions, both Christmas and Epiphany have been observed at different times in the past. Today, most of the Eastern Orthodox traditions follow the western church calendar. The exceptions are some Greek Orthodox Churches and related traditions (e.g., Russian and Serbian Orthodox) that still follow the older calendar and celebrate Epiphany as the Theophany on January 19th.
Epiphany is the climax of the Christmas Season and the Twelve Days of Christmas, which are usually counted from December 25th until January 5th. In most traditions, the day before Epiphany is the Twelfth Day of Christmas, the evening of which is called Twelfth Night. This is an occasion for feasting in some cultures, including the baking of a specialKing's Cake as part of the festivities of Epiphany (a King's Cake is part of the observance of Mardi Gras in French Catholic culture of the Southern USA). In some church traditions, January 5th is considered the Eleventh Day of Christmas, while the evening is still counted as the Twelfth Night, the beginning of the Twelfth day of Christmas the following day. In these traditions the Twelfth Day of Christmas is January 6th, the Epiphany.
In traditional Christian churches Christmas, as well as Easter, is celebrated as a period of time, a season of the church year, rather than just a day. The Season of Christmas begins with the First Sunday of Advent, marked by expectation and anticipation, and concludes with Epiphany, which looks ahead to the mission of the church to the world in light of the Nativity. The one or two Sundays between Christmas Day and Epiphany are sometimes called Christmastide. For many Protestant church traditions, the season of Epiphany extends from January 6th until Ash Wednesday, which begins the season of Lent leading to Easter. Depending on the timing of Easter, this includes from four to nine Sundays. Other traditions, especially the Roman Catholic tradition, observe Epiphany as a single day, with the Sundays following Epiphany counted as Ordinary Time. In some western traditions, the last Sunday of Epiphany is celebrated as Transfiguration Sunday.
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. In some Central and South American countries influenced by Catholic tradition, Three Kings’ Day, or the night before, is the time for opening Christmas presents. In some eastern churches, Epiphany or the Theophany commemorates Jesus’ baptism, with the visit of the Magi linked to Christmas. In some churches the day is celebrated as Christmas, with Epiphany/Theophany occurring on January 19th.
The colors of Epiphany are usually the colors of Christmas, white and gold, the colors of celebration, newness, and hope that mark the most sacred days of the church year. In traditions that only observe a single day for Epiphany, the colors are often changed after Epiphany to the colors of Ordinary Time, usually green or thematic sanctuary colors, until Transfiguration Sunday, the last Sunday before the beginning of Lent. The colors for Transfiguration Sunday are usually the colors of Holy Days, white and gold.
As with most aspects of the Christian liturgical calendar, Epiphany has theological significance as a teaching tool in the church. The Wise Men or Magi who brought gifts to the infant Jesus were the first Gentiles to acknowledge Jesus as "King" and so were the first to "show" or "reveal" Jesus to a wider world as the incarnate Christ. This act of worship by the Magi, which corresponded to Simeon’s blessing that this child Jesus would be "a light for revelation to the Gentiles" (Luke 2:32), was one of the first indications that Jesus came for all people, of all nations, of all races, and that the work of God in the world would not be limited to only a few.
The day is now observed as a time of focusing on the mission of the church in reaching others by "showing" Jesus as the Savior of all people. It is also a time of focusing on Christian brotherhood and fellowship, especially in healing the divisions of prejudice and bigotry that we all too often create between God’s children.