Celebrating Epiphany or The Day of the Kings, Madrid, Spain in the late 19th century. On this day there would be processions through the streets with the three kings throwing sweets into the crowd, the people would take ladders and climb up them, hence having a better chance of catching a bag of sweets.

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Celebrating Epiphany or The Day of the Kings, Madrid, Spain in the late 19th century. On this day there would be processions through the streets with the three kings throwing sweets into the crowd, the people would take ladders and climb up them, hence having a better chance of catching a bag of sweets. From L'Univers Illustre, published 1866.

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