On these dates all the great feasts of the King's Night they culminate with a rich and sweet Roscón de Reyes. The most clueless buy it at the last minute, others prepare it at home and many others order it from large bakeries so as not to fail.
El January 6 the arrival of the Magi is celebrated. Some Kings who came to the stable where Jesus Christ was born, brought him several valuable gifts. To this day, this holiday is remembered by the most Catholic and the least Catholic by giving presents to their loved ones.
This event has been commemorated since the Middle Ages, mainly in France, where a "King of parties". That night everyone gathered family and friends around a bagel, where they hid a bean as a symbol of the body of Jesus. Nowadays, gadgets, figures or rings are also still hidden as a replacement for this haba.
In Spain, Roscón de Reyes it became known thanks to our neighboring country France, thanks to the soldiers repatriated from Flanders and later, it was Philip V who established it. As we all know, the Roscón de Reyes is decorated with sugar and strips of sweet fruit, candied fruit.
For a time, the custom of introducing a bean disappeared and reappeared in the mid-nineteenth century, the date of January 6 being chosen to be tasted. Although in some homes it is consumed on the 5th in the afternoon, on the eve of the Three Kings Day.
The "game" of the roscón consists of dividing it equally among those present at the party and whoever finds the figure of the king would become the "king of the party" that night. While whoever finds the bean would have the duty to pay for the dessert and at the same time be named during the treat "the fool of the bean", origin of the famous insult "Tontolaba".