Happy New Year to you all and welcome to the January edition
of Soltalk, we hope you had a fantastic Christmas, now we just
have Three Kings Day to look forward to before we are all
eagerly awaiting Easter...
is said to have good luck for the year, unless they break their
teeth on it I imagine - anyway be careful!
The Three Kings will make an appearance on the Balcón de
Europa of course, and children will line up to see them. They
do not arrive alone though and will be part of a colourful
procession that will be well worth watching. If you feel
adventurous you could go into Málaga for an even bigger
procession, but of course there will also be even bigger crowds!
In case you are new to Spain, Three Kings Day, which falls on
January 6 every year, is to Spanish children what Christmas
Day is to British ones. Ie the Kings are the ones that bring the
presents, even though confusingly they also have Papa Noel
throwing sweets at them just before Christmas! Nothing like
getting the best of both worlds.
Some good news through just now from Nerja Town Hall, it
looks like after a very long wait, our new Fire Station will be
opening this month! That will be something to write about!
Much like children from elsewhere in the world waiting for
Father Christmas on Christmas Eve night, in Spain on the night
of January 5, children leave their shoes by the door with hopes
that the three kings will leave them gifts in their shoes when
they wake the following morning.
This issue of Soltalk is packed with local and Spanish news, a
round up of the years best Jottings from the UK and beyond,
ideas for things to do, book news, sporting news, information
from local clubs and associations, health news and our regular
Spanish lesson which this month features Revision - that
reminds me of the end of term!
The day is also
celebrated by eating the
‘ring cake of the kings’ -
or ‘roscon de los reyes’.
It’s decorated to look
like a king’s crown and
is often topped with
glazed fruits, to look
like the jewels. Baked
inside it is a toy, often a
figurine of baby Jesus.
The person who finds it
Unfortunately we weren’t able to bring you the emergency
Chemist rota this month as it was unavailable at the time of
going to print. As soon as we do have it we will put it on our
Facebook page which we use for last minute news updates as
well. Have you liked us on Facebook yet? We would be very
grateful, it would be fantastic to get up to 1000 likes by the end
of this month. Thank you and enjoy!
SARAH BROOKES
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