Mexico's traditional children's festival "Three Kings 'Day"

Mexico's "Three Kings Day" is a religious festival held on January 6 every year.

This tradition, which seems to be very similar to "Santa Claus giving gifts", actually came to the American continent more than 300 years before "Santa Claus". Three Kings 'Day first originated in Spain, Italy and other countries. It commemorates the story of the "Three Kings of the Orient" from Europe, Africa and Asia coming to pay tribute after the birth of the Holy Child Jesus in the Bible. This custom began in the 15th century and spread to Latin American countries such as Mexico with Spain's expansion overseas.

On this day, children will receive gifts from their parents in the name of the "Three Kings of the Orient", and every household will have to share a large bagel with a statue of the Holy Child inside. Children naturally also go to playgrounds and festival markets to have a good time. Draw a small painted face, put on the crown, and take a photo with the "Three Kings of the Orient" to leave a beautiful childhood memory.

In recent years, almost every year from January 5th to 6th, the Mexican city government and the National Bread Industry Association have jointly made ultra-large bagels. This ultra-large bagel has a circumference of 1440 meters and weighs 9.375 tons. It can be enjoyed by 200,000 people. As people's lives get better and better, bagels will be made bigger and more delicious.

Extra-large bagels are placed on Constitution Square in the city center and are provided to citizens free of charge. The statue of the Holy Child is usually hidden in the bagels people make at home or buy in supermarkets, symbolizing that the little Jesus escaped King Herod in the Bible story. According to Mexican tradition, lucky ones who eat the statue of the Holy Child should invite relatives and friends to eat Mexican rice dumplings and drink Mexican corn paste on February 2,"Candlemas Day".