From: naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
   On 2025-01-05, Ross Clark  wrote:   
      
   > That means tomorrow is Epiphany (Greek epipháneia 'appearance'),   
   > commemorating the three kings/wise men coming to see baby Jesus.   
   > Called "Day of the Kings" and suchlike in some places.   
      
   "Heilige drei Könige" (lit. 'holy three kings')   
   Weird adjective ordering, now that I think about it.   
      
   > Anyhow...Epiphany is actually a public holiday in quite a few countries.   
      
   Here in the Holy Roman Empire, each prince can choose the religious   
   denomination and the public holidays of his fief.  The neighboring   
   principality appears to be even more Catholic than ours, so Epiphany   
   is a holiday over the Rhine, but not here, much to the pleasure of   
   the local retail trade.   
      
   (Or at least that's part of the historical evolution why Epiphany   
   is a holiday in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, but not in   
   Rhineland-Palatinate.)   
      
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   Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
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