January 6-Epiphany

     January 6, my birthday, is the sixth day of the year as well as epiphany.  Epiphany is the climax of the Advent or Christmas season beginning on the twentieth of December to the sixth of January.  In Latin, Hispanic and some places in Europe, Epiphany is known as Three Kings' Day.  This painting portrays the Epiphany, or the showing or revealing, of Jesus.  His mother, Mary, gently cradles him in her arms, even though his chubby body is larger than her lap.  
     The colors of Epiphany are gold and white.  These colors represent celebration, newness and hope.  
     Traditionally, a bean is baked into the Epiphany galette or King's cake, made of puff pastry.  When a family gathered to eat the cake, the person to receive the bean in their piece of cake would be crowned king.  




Other events to occur on the sixth of January:
-The birth of Joan of Arc (1412)
-Theodore Roosevelt dies (1919)
-George W. Bush wins presidential election (2001)
-Carl Sandburg, author is born (1878)
-New Mexico became the 47th state (1912)
-My birthday! (1996)

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History of... Blue Jeans

Jeans are one of America's wardrobe staples.  In my opinion, you can almost never have too many pairs.  There are MANY varieties, including my favorites: the boyfriend, skinny, and trouser jean.  Each pair shown is from The Gap.  

Jeans were first created in May of 1873.  Levi Strauss, who provided cowboys and workers with durable, rugged clothes began his first store in 1866.  One of his customers, Jacob Davis,  bought cloth wholesale.  He created sturdy denim pants with strong rivets for heavy-duty wearing.  Since Jacob didn't have the money to patent his creation, he told Levi about his new design.  They, together, paid for the patent and started to manufacture their "waist overalls."  

(Resource: askYahoo)

My Favorite Brands of Jeans:

1. Rock & Republic

2. Paper Denim & Cloth

Please take the current poll so I know what YOU like best!

-Leah