"On January 5th, Spain celebrates the end of Christmas with a great party where everybody gives and receives presents. It is to celebrate the arrival of the Three Wise Men (Melchior, Caspar and Balthazar) to the city where Jesus was born. In the same way that the Three Wise Men gave gifts to baby Christ, here they share out presents amongst children around Spain. In fact, they are more popular than Santa Claus."
We celebrated by attending the local parade in downtown Granada which was quite a spectacle complete with elaborate floats, fireworks and lots of kids throwing candy (which of course the boys loved). Am attaching a few video clips to give you an idea of the action. That is Clark and friends working it with the upside down umbrella (a tip we picked up from the locals).
Afterwards we were invited for dinner at a Spanish neighbors house where we enjoyed traditional dishes and an evening all in Spanish (good for practice but we're certainly not there yet with total understanding).
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| Space Noodles!! |
The next morning (Jan 6) we finally celebrated Christmas, having been in Morocco over the holidays. Thanks to our good friends back home, we had some fun gifts to open including a new bear for Colin, pasta shaped like the Space Needle (Clark's favorite) and a few other goodies.
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Wearing new tie-dye t-shirts
from the cousins in Seattle |
We then decided to take a "Three Kings" bike ride to nearby Sacramonte to take the boys to see an abandoned monestary that isn't too far away. For some reason the route was extremely muddy that day which made for a challenging ride but the weather was sunny and warm and we enjoyed being outside.
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| Stuck in the mud |
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| Three Kings bike ride |
We celebrated by attending the local parade in downtown Granada which was quite a spectacle complete with elaborate floats, fireworks and lots of kids throwing candy (which of course the boys loved). Am attaching a few video clips to give you an idea of the action. That is Clark and friends working it with the upside down umbrella (a tip we picked up from the locals).
Afterwards we were invited for dinner at a Spanish neighbors house where we enjoyed traditional dishes and an evening all in Spanish (good for practice but we're certainly not there yet with total understanding). 
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