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Tweet, Tweet, Tweet! Hello altogether. My name is Pipit. Pipit is an Indonesian word and means sparrow. Together with my best friend Emso, I love to make new friends around the world and to discover new things. The whole year round we are busy traveling for the children's programme YOU+ME: FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD.
It will be Christmas soon. People all around the world celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ - yet they do it in a lot of different ways and traditions. Emso and I therefore interviewed children worldwide. We asked them how they celebrate Christmas and just imagine: some children have told us that they celebrate the birth of Jesus on 6 January and not in December. I could not believe this first. It wouldn't go out of my mind and I desperately wanted to know why they do so. So I searched the Internet, looked through books and talked to different people. And yes: I actually found out that Christmas is not over in December: We celebrate Epiphany on 6 January. The word "Epiphany" comes from the Greek language and means 'appearance'.
With excitement I told my friend Emso this news. He was excited, too. Imagine: He could not even pronounce the word Epiphany. He kept saying "Epi... Epi... Epi.... What?"
On January 6 - when the New Year almost lasts for one week - we celebrate Epiphany. But who appeared whom? This is what I found out: At the time of Jesus' birth there had been three star experts who discovered a really bright and big star at the sky. They had not seen such a phenomenal star ever before. They thought a king has been born and wanted to welcome the baby king with presents. So they set out on their journey through many countries.
