05/01/2023
It is a unique tradition in the world: Spanish children, when they get up on Epiphany day, magically find their gifts in their homes, if they have behaved well, or coal if they have not been entirely good throughout the year. year. During the night that goes from January 5 to 6, while everyone sleeps, the Three Wise Men visit each of the houses in the world, but first, the previous afternoon, they go through the streets of the city in a spectacular parade.
The procession leaves at 6:30 p.m. from the Plaza de San Juan de la Cruz and gradually goes down the Paseo de la Castellana to the Plaza de Cibeles , where the Three Wise Men , at 8:45 p.m., send us their message .
On the morning of January 5, the SOS Children's Villages Roscón de Reyes is celebrated : musical performances at Puerta del Sol from 11:00 a.m. and free distribution from 12:00 p.m. of 10,000 portions of this traditional Christmas and chocolate dessert hot.