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Here’s a collection of images from the parade of the Three Kings. I’m a bit confused after the rescheduling due to rain. Usually, the day after the parade is Epiphany and the last official day of Christmas. But because the parade was Saturday instead, we had a quiet Sunday around town and then Monday was another holiday.
Our groceries were supposed to be delivered Saturday. Since our street was going to be closed for the rescheduled parade and they don’t deliver Sunday, and Monday was a holiday, we had to wait until Tuesday (today) for groceries. We’re still waiting. Fortunately, we have a great little supermarket nearby and San Geraldo was able to walk over there to pick up some things to hold us over. But, never mind that.
Enjoy all the biblical (or not) references in these parade floats and participants. The last two images are close-ups of two of the wise men, Melchior, and Balthasar. Caspar Has his back to us (he never did turn around) in a preceding image. When I was a kid I could never remember the kings’ names. I said “Mishock, Chadrock, and Albondigas,” seriously. (Albondigas is meatballs in Spanish.)
I didn’t capture any good shots of Roman soldiers or SCUBA divers shooting off streams of tissue paper from hand-held cannons, but I’ll share some curiosities in my next post.
Aquí hay una colección de imágenes del desfile de los Reyes Magos. Estoy un poco confundido después de la reprogramación debido a la lluvia. Por lo general, el día después del desfile es la Epifanía y el último día oficial de Navidad. Pero como el desfile fue el sábado, tuvimos un domingo tranquilo en la ciudad y luego el lunes fue otro día festivo.
Se suponía que nos entregarían las compras el sábado. Como nuestra calle iba a estar cerrada para el desfile reprogramado y no hacen entregas el domingo, y el lunes era feriado, tuvimos que esperar hasta el martes (hoy) para las compras. Todavía estamos esperando. Afortunadamente, tenemos un pequeño supermercado genial cerca y San Geraldo pudo caminar hasta allí para recoger algunas cosas para entretenernos. Pero, no importa eso.
Disfrute de todas las referencias bíblicas (o no) en estas carrozas y participantes del desfile. Las dos últimas imágenes son primeros planos de dos de los Reyes Magos, Melchor y Baltasar. Gaspar nos da la espalda (nunca se dio la vuelta) en una imagen anterior. Cuando era niño, nunca podía recordar los nombres de los reyes. Dije “Mishock, Chadrock y Albóndigas”, en serio.
No capturé ninguna buena fotografía de soldados romanos o buceadores disparando chorros de papel de seda desde cañones manuales, pero compartiré algunas curiosidades en mi próximo post.
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You knew the names of the kings, as a kid?? Okay, the wrong names, but that they had names? I only knew that there was a song about the three wise men (no names), and that they were part of the nativity scene… I had absolutely no concept in my head about the whole Kings Day celebration.
Albondigas… HA! (These are fabulous photos! It’s certainly clear that parades are the thing, in Spain. And candy. Can’t forget the candy.)
Next year, Jerry should try out to be one of the kings. You can design a float (it would be fantastic).
Judy C:
Steve reminded me that those were bastardizations of the names Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! Remember them? Jerry would LOVE to be one of the kings, but not for that many hours.
Wow. That parade must have been something to witness!
Michael:
It was uplifting!
Nice to see that the Minions made an appearance!
Debra:
If we’re going to get biblical, Satan apparently had an army of minions. I hope it wasn’t the same guys!
Love all the lights and colors, and I also love Albondigas, which I make myself and use in a soup!
Bob:
Albondigas was one of my first Spanish words. I have no idea why. I guess I just like the sound. I DO like the taste.
My brain went to cloudy with a chance of meatballs, you could do a float and toss meatballs, while laughing at the inside joke that only a few got. Being on one of the floats could be great fun. Many-many-many years ago, I drove in a parade (a last minute substitution the person who was supposed to drive went into labor.)
David:
I would love being on a float, I think. But that’s a looooong evening.
All I could think when I was looking at the pictures was, “What is going on here?” and then the Disney characters came along and I just gave up.
M.Moon
Ms. Moon:
Hi ho hi ho. It’s off to find Baby Jesus we go.
“Mishock, Chadrock, and Albondigas,” Gee, I was gonna go with Patty, Maxine, & LaVerne.
wickedhamster:
Imagine saying THAT as a kid. So camp!
I love your childhood names for the three kings! Adorable! I hope your groceries are delivered soon. Will you pretty much be dependent on grocery delivery where you are now?
Love,
Janie
janiejunebug:
Steve pointed out that my names came from Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. I knew there was some basis for them! Groceries arrived right on schedule. We are surrounded by small and large supermarkets. We simply decided it was time San Geraldo didn’t have to haul groceries anymore. Cat food, cat litter, 8-packs of Coke. What a luxury.
I’ve tried grocery delivery, but I only receive about half of what I’ve ordered. I always click the box for allowing substitutions yet the shopper/delivery person will claim the store had absolutely no potatoes to substitute for the bag of potatoes I wanted. A grocery store without any potatoes? I find that difficult to believe.
janiejunebug:
I send my brother care packages from Wegman’s throughout the year. They do a great job and give me other options when I place the order in case something low in stock might not be available. That’s not the case here, but we’ve been impressed and happy with the service.
I need Wegman’s, which we do not have here.
janiejunebug:
I’ve never been inside a store, but it’s been great for care packages for my brother.
That top picture is something else. If it had shown up at the manger, everybody in that crowded inn would have run outside to look at it.
Kirk:
The description of the floats was that they were all biblical scenes. That cracked me up when I saw the jelly fish. And of course who could forget the genie and the Na’vi. They were from the Newer Testament.
Boud here, I was so proud of learning the three kings names as a kid, but albondigas didn’t make it in there. I think the parade has a lot of references lost on most of us, maybe Moorish, and other traditions and folklore, all the way to now.
I think Meshach and co were the fiery furnace people, come to think of it. I’ve had them confused with the three kings on and off
Boud:
You’re absolutely right. Steve reminded me.
Boud:
I’m sure there were biblical references I didn’t catch, but I think Avatar, genie, and the seven dwarfs might have been a stretch.
Now THAT is a parade!
Jim:
What a surprise and only a few steps to our door when it was over.
Gaspar, Melchor y Balthazar!
Nada como los Tres Reyes Magos!
And I love the pics!
XOXO
Sixpence
Sixpence Nonethewiser:
Apparently I was inspired by Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
Wow! That’s quite a spectacle! It reminds me of the (one-and-only) time I went to see the similarly-illuminated Bridgwater Carnival (which actually tours several towns along the coast of Somerset in the West of England). Something to brighten the winter gloom is always welcome… Jx
Jon:
Yes, something to brighten the winter gloom.
OK, I had to resort to Google and remind myself who Meschach, Shadrach and Abednego were. Whatever brain cell stored those names for me didn’t also preserve the context. So thanks for reawakening that germ of Biblical trivia!
Looks like an amazing parade. Were there jellyfish in the Bible? I don’t remember them.
Steve:
Oh my god! I could not for the life of me remember where those names came from but I knew my versions sounded like something real. I had Hebrew school when I was 8 and 9 and we were taught a lot of history. (And when I say “history,” you know what I mean.) I’ll bet that’s when that got planted in my brain. Thank you!!!
I’m not sure where the Kings’ names came from (not the Bible), but I always thought they were talking about Casper, the friendly ghost. The other three names were the guys in the fiery furnace from the book of Daniel. (I use to know a little song about them from Sunday School as a kid) I learned “albondigas” in 9th grade Spanish class and thought it was a fun word. Are those characters from the movie Avatar?? Definitely a very new testament in place here with this array of characters!
Kelly:
Yes! The fiery furnace guys! I had forgotten about them but must have just learned about them and gotten everyone mixed up. The floats were all from the “Newer” Testament.
What beautiful pictures. That’s one thing I like about Europe I like all the festivity of everything.
Mistress Borghese:
The color and energy of Spanish celebrations make me happy.
I wish I was in Spain and eating albondigas right now!
Margaret Butterworth:
It’s a nice place to be in any weather. GREAT to see you here!
The parade looks like a mash-up of Disney movies and fantasy creatures — love all the colourful lights, jelly-fish, giraffes and camels though!
Not being bible-raised, I didn’t even know enough to make up names for the three kings. We heathen children used to sing this ditty at Xmas-time though:
“We three kings from orient far,
Tried to smoke a rubber cigar.
It was loaded, it exploded,
blah blah blah blah blah.”
I can’t even remember the last line now, LOL!
Tundra Bunny:
Isn’t there simply a pause for effect before you continue with “We two kings…” There was a children’s bible in our house when I was very young. But it must have been the Old Testament. I wonder if Mishock, Chadrock, and Albondigas were included in that one.
“Roman soldiers or SCUBA divers shooting off streams of tissue paper from hand-held cannons” Oh, you and your innuendos!
Sassybear:
The SCUBA divers with the shooting, swirling tissue paper were entertaining.