Tonight is the Big Night in Spain...the Three Magic Kings arrive with the presents!!

Thanks for sharing this, I love hearing about other countries' traditions. Is there anything specific/different you do in the Basque Country for this time of year?

Many different traditions at this (and other) time of the year in many towns in the Basque Country, but a common one is the "Olentzero", the coal maker that descends from the mountains to bring presents to the Basques on Christmas Eve. Santa Claus is not a thing here. https://nabasque.eus/olentzero.html

I, too, love the bonus Christmas season in Spain, which I’ve now enjoyed four years in a row. The most memorable time was the Reyes Magos parade in Nerja: very large, local, and uncommercial. Parades happen the night of Jan 5 though they’re sometimes shifted due to weather forecasts. That was the case in Torrox today, when the parade was held midday.

My son in the US showed me all the gifts under the Christmas tree for tomorrow since this is the big day for the Puerto Rican side of the family, January 6.

Here in France we eat a Galette des rois (kings' cake), two versions, one a puff pastry filled with marzipan cream and the other, found in the south of France, a ring cake with orange flower water and candied fruit on top.

Inside the cake is a fève, originally a real bean which is a symbol of fertility for the coming spring, but today the fève has morphed into a small charm that could represent anything including Disney characters. The youngest child, considered the most innocent, goes under the table to choose who get each slice of galette as it's cut. One slice contains the charm. That person who has the charm is the king or queen and chooses his or her consort. Bonne fête Mike and others. I've already been served two slices of galette during the weekend and am looking forward to tomorrow's.