Three Kings' Day When I was a child, I preferred Three Kings' Day over Christmas. The reason was simple: I received more presents that day than in Christmas, and almost all of them were toys. Some important preparations were necessary the day before. I cut some grass in the garden and put it on a plate, then placed it with a bowl of water next to the rug of the living room, alongside with my pair of shoes. My elder sister did that too, so half of the living room’s rug was for her presents and the other half for mine. The grass and water were for the camels, which had to travel a lot. The shoes had an identification purpose, this way the Kings knew whose presents had to leave in a particular house. The next morning after waking up, I immediately went to the living room in pajamas to look for the presents. The living room was full of them, and there were no traces of the water and grass. Actually, the presents had the name of the person who bought them -relatives and family friends- written on the wrappings. Sometimes I received some of the presents after that day, since the Kings had left them in other houses. I can’t remember when this custom finished in my life; probably that day the most innocent part of my childhood ended.