Tres Reyes Magos

I'm not Puerto Rican but lots of folks celebrate 3 Kings Day. I see the cakes at the store every Jan 6th and we've even had the cake with the baby in it on that day. Anyone who's Christian can relate, and it's a great way to bring up the scripture.

Hope you find some others that celebrate and have more to add to the tradition than the cake with the baby hidden in it.

Everyone gave really good advice, and I'll add to what has already been said.
Keeping this traditions is really fun and important, but as we grow up we tend to get caught up on all the fun that we forget to tell the kids the real meaning of the holiday. I was born here, grew up in Mexico, and my husband is Caucasian; so as you can imagine I have had to make many adjustments throughout the years. I went from putting up a Nativity scene, Las Posadas, and putting my shoe out for "Los Reyes Magos", to putting up a Christmas Tree, and getting presents under it.
Seems like you are already doing really good maintaining the traditions alive.
It has been a lot of fun celebrating all these very special days, but the one thing I remember the most is being with my family; the values, ethics, and morals have helped me stay out of trouble, work for what I want, and taught to fight for what I believe in. All from my parents and grandma telling me the history behind the holiday and its importance.

Hi C....I am not Puerto Rican, but my husband is. Our son just turned two and we are celebrating los 3 reyes magos this year at home the same way they do it in PR. Last year we specifically went to PR to celebrate it with the family and next year we will do the same. Neither of my parents are from the USA and they taught us about their traditions and I think that it is important for us as parents to teach our kids about our cultures and traditions.

Hi,

I am not Puerto Rican but we still celebrate the 3 Kings. It is a tradition that my parents started us on. Enjoy!

C.,

Good morning! Hi, I grew up in the USA but i'm originally from Mexico, we have also have kept all the traditions from the posadas, New years celebration and of course Tres Reyes Magos. Our celebration is on Jan 6, we usually get together with family and have dinner, we usually get cake "rosca" that has a little figurine hidden in the cake and the person who gets the figurine gets to host a party. We also have the kids get to open their stockings and let them have another small gift from the "Reyes Magos". I want my little ones to grow up with traditions that came from my parents and whatever new traditions we exposed them to.

Hi C.,
I am not Puerto Rican but I am Cuban and I know about the importance of tradition.
Growing up in a Cuban home in Miami, Fl we would have all of our family/friends and have a big dinner and flan, arroz con leche and open our gifts from the Tres Reyes Magos.

I hope you have a great holiday weekend.
M.

Hello C.,
I am Puerto Rican. My family did celebrate Los Reyes Magos, but a little different. We did the whole Christmas and on Los Reyes Magos it was a fun type of celebration. We would go "de paranda".
One person would be surprised the night before the day, this year would be the 5th(Friday) or one the weekend that followed. If they weren't called they knew that they were suppose prepare for it. Everyone would get to their house at night and start caroling Puerto Rican style. Then the food the drinks, the singing, the fun started. Until late the next morning. Usually, someone would offer their home for "lunch" and we would go sleep a few hours and meet up for lunch.
Some years we would do it all over on Saturday through Sunday.

I am going to teach my children that tradition but a little more traditional than what we did when we were kids.

Have fun!!!