You may be back at work but don’t start the detox just yet, because Christmas doesn’t finish until the Twelfth Night is done. No, not the Shakespeare play of the same name, but the festivities marking Epiphany, the arrival of the three kings to baby Jesus.
These days, not many people know much about Twelfth Night, but in the medieval and Tudor periods, it was more important than Christmas Day. Epiphany is fixed in the christian calendar on January 6 each year, exactly 12 days after the birth of Jesus. And there are plenty of Epiphany rituals – especially regarding food. But as most people no longer have the day off work, it is celebrated on the first Sunday in January and theoretically that is the day, the galette may be cut. Here in France, L’Epiphanie as it is called, is celebrated with cake. La Galette des Rois or King’s…
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It’s still a huge event in Spain – there are processions with the three wise men, present giving for children and a rosca de reyes (King’s cake). For me though, your Galette des Rois looks more appetising.
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Aaahhh, thanks. My earliest memory of a galette is actually at age 4 in Madrid. I still, 48 years later, have the fève I found, a yogi bear in yellow plastic.!
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How fantastic!
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I have lived in Galette areas of France but experienced Gateau each year for many when we used to catch the overnight ferry on January 2nd after the madness of having a cheese shop over Christmas and New Year and drive to Arles to spend the month with my in-laws. So my children all refer to Gateau and can’t understand why we call it galette and why it is not brioche and why it is only almond filled. Whatever, I adore it (and err on the Galette side, personally) – even though I will be on my own this year, my boulangère is keeping me a tiny one which I will cut over skype with the girls. I know we are supposed to save a slice but I have never worked out what happens to it …. does one just sneakily bin it?
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No, you sneakily eat it when no one is looking😋
Eating my first one today. I always hold out until the 6th but this year have good friends coming over this afternoon and they will have left tomorrow so I will simply have to eat two, today and tomorrow. Life is tough😂
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Thank you …. that’s what I’ve done in the past but felt briefly consumed with guilt in case I was doing something dreadfully wrong. Only briefly, you understand …. some things are too tasty to ignore. Enjoy both of yours … I know how hard it is, but you are a brave and inspirational woman 😂
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So delicious
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And so very easy to make.
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Here it is the day you clear away the Christmas tree and stop wishing people happy new year. Because it is called “three kings day” most people have an inkling what it is about, but it is no longer a public holiday.
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Here also it is the day to take down all the Christmas decorations but we wish Happy New Year until 31 January.
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