But it’s nice to let them know what you want to receive ahead of time, right? So you buy a balloon, you attach your note to it, and you send it up into the sky. So here’s a photo from 10 years ago today – Hannah had already sent up her balloon, and Nathanael was ready to go!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n(An update for a new decade – balloons are starting to become rarer, because of environmental sensibilities. Many children are leaving a note for the kings in their shoes, which is where the gifts are traditionally left. \ud83d\ude42 )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ten years ago today, Hannah and Nathanael were sending balloons to the three Kings. So, if you don’t know the tradition – in Mexico, children get gifts on the 6th of January, which is Epiphany. That’s the time when people remember the visit of the wise men. They gave gifts – so we give gifts. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,1628],"tags":[179,60,491],"class_list":["post-9787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-just-for-fun","category-retro","tag-hannah","tag-nathanael","tag-three-kings-day","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"yoast_head":"\n