Holiday Season Curtain Call

This weekend marks the end of the Christmas season here at Rancho Ramirez with the Dia de los Reyes Magos or Day of the Three Kings,( Balthasar, Melchior and Gaspar), who came to see the baby Jesus and brought him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. It's celebrated all over the world. Our kids set a shoebox they've decorated by their beds with treats for the king and their camels. In the morning the treats are gone and replaced with a gift. The official day is the 6th of January with festivities happening throughout the weekend. Bakeries around town make a special sweet bread called Rosca de Reyes that has a toy hidden inside.

Tomorrow we'll pack up the decorations and begin the countdown to the 2012 holiday season. Tick,tock,tick,tock.