Twelfth night

[pegkerr]

We had our family 12th night feast, a ritual which involves eating on my great-grandmother's special gold-rimmed dishes, and 12th night stockings by each place at the table (filled with after-Christmas sale candy, cheap). The girls offered a 12th night play for our amusement after dinner. (They even included an announcement to the audience, their mommy and daddy, to "please turn off all pagers and cellular phones"). The drama was rather convoluted, and I didn't quite follow the storyline very well, but it involved a Panama Parrot and a Bluebird. Much dancing was involved.

Happy Twelfth Night, everyone.

Comments

Happy Three Kings!

[amandageist.livejournal.com]

We don't do Twelfth Night, we do Three Kings, a Polish tradition. The kids go outside, the night before, and write the initials of the kings on the porch with chalk. The Kings will come by that night, looking for the Christ child, and if they see their initials on the porch they may leave something for the children in that house, too.

It's never anything very expensive; but it's a nice little magic way to round off the season. Often it's a "for everybody" outside toy, or something. --and I don't have to cook, which benefits everyone--

~Amanda

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

That sounds wonderful! Happy 12th night to you, too.

Best,
Chris