Balthazar Fett

[4thofeleven]

In the Christian calender, today is the Feast of the Epiphany, marking the day the wise men arrived in Bethlehem and visited the baby Jesus. It's not a particularly significant date in the western world, leaving many people baffled by the term 'twelve days of Christmas'. In the Orthodox church, though, Epiphany is considered one of the most important feast days of the year, after Easter and Pentecost. My best friend's Serbian, which is the main reason I'm aware of the date's significance.

What always amuses me about the wise men is that they're not really mentioned much in the bible itself - even the number is speculation, based on the fact that they bring three different gifts. But in Christian tradition, there's names and backstories for all of them - a lot of detail that has no canonical basis whatsoever...

Basically, they're the Tales of the Mos Eisley Cantina of Christianity... :)

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[sodzilla.livejournal.com]

Oh, so that's what it is! We sort-of-celebrate "Thirteenth Day" here in Sweden, but these days it's only in the sense of it being the first day you can haul out the Christmas tree &etc, so I didn't know where the term came from.

*laughs at the idea of Balthazar Fett*