As a child, I heard about the 12 days of Christmas in a song every year. But nobody ever explained what it meant. Because my grandmother's birthday was on January 6, I at least learned that that was the twelfth day itself. When I moved to Europe, I learned about Epiphany, the official name of the twelfth day. More importantly, I learned about the Galette du Roi, or King's cake in English.
As we did not end up entertaining at all during the Christmas season, we had company for both New Year's Eve and Epiphany, keeping the Christmas theme. Here's how we did the two dinners, keeping the same menu because it was so interesting.
