Happy Epiphany Day! At least that is the reason Wikipedia gives for Will having today off of work. It is a Catholic holiday, and though we're not Catholic, we are happy to celebrate in solidarity with those who are. The only caveat is that, apparently, children carol for cash on Epiphany. Singing, begging children. Not cool. What's a good Epiphany tip, anyways? I'm still wildly insecure about what to give bathroom attendants here. Yet I don't want to go broke trying to appease off-key German youths.
Assuming we survive the little tykes, this will go down as a very nice first Epiphany Day for us. We slept in, drank homemade lattes, and got more work done on the house. Will painted the nursery last week, and today we organized the furniture in there. It's far from done, but should baby make an early appearance, it won't have to sleep on a pile of broken down moving boxes. Though I would suggest it wait until the bassinet mattress from ebay arrives...
Wishing you all many epiphanies this fine January 6!
In Iceland this is the last of thirteen days of xmas, which is also a day that has special meaning (although different) in the nordic countries. Its importance has roots in paganism, which explains why the catholic church needed to put it's own stamp on it! :) But, we enjoy them whatever they're called and why-ever they're here! We had a big party tonight, singing songs of elves, full moons and the bittering cold, dancing and eating those last remains of smoked lamb... Looks like you made a good use of the day as well!.)
ReplyDeleteWe went out to dinner with a load of expats who meet up every Thursday for "Curry Night" (mostly Brits, as you might guess with the theme :). 2 of the 3 wise men showed up in the form of 10 or 11 year old boys and sang a bit. It was very cute and of course I gave up some $$. Yes, the history of the Church stamping pagan traditions is a very interesting one, especially in Iceland!
ReplyDeleteThis is the first time I heard that the Catholics put "their stamp" on it and paganism. Hm. It's costing you $$ to live in Germany. This reminds me of girl scouts cookies--how can you say no to children? Even off key children. Days off and I celebrate it my mind--right now it's every day. hehehehe
ReplyDeleteThe nursery shaping up--good good.