Three Kings Day

Citizens of Warsaw with colorful paper crowns watch the Epiphany parade through Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. The Epiphany feast day, or Three Kings Day, celebrates the visit of the Three Kings to the infant Jesus.

Volunteers dressed as Three Kings bring their gifts during the Epiphany parade through Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. Poland is celebrating Epiphany as an official public holiday for the first time in 50 years.

A boy holds a paper crown during the Epiphany parade in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011.

Volunteers dressed as Three Kings bring their gifts during the Epiphany parade through Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011.

Men dressed as three kings, or "wise men", are seen in St. Peter's Square during Pope Benedict XVI's Epiphany Mass, at the Vatican, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011.

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates the solemnity of the Epiphany at St Peter's Basilica, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, at The Vatican. The Epiphany feast day, or Three Kings Day, celebrates the visit of the Three Kings, or Magi, to the infant Jesus.

Pope Benedict XVI, framed by a Christmas tree, delivers his blessing from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square following an Epiphany Mass, at the Vatican, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011.

People dressed as the Three Kings pose for pictures during an Epiphany Mass at a Catholic church in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday Jan. 6, 2011.

A woman holds an image of baby Jesus during an Epiphany Mass at a Catholic church in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday Jan. 6, 2011.

Bartholomew I, left, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, throws a wooden cross into the Golden Horn during an Epiphany ceremony to bless the water in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. Similar ceremonies to mark Epiphany day were held across Greece on river banks, seafronts and lakes. Bartholomew I threw the cross into the water and swimmers raced to be the first to retrieve it.

Dimitris Kouzounis, a Greek Orthodox, reaches the wooden cross after being the first to retrieve it during an Epiphany ceremony to bless the water in the Golden Horn in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. Similar ceremonies to mark Epiphany day were held across Greece on river banks, seafronts and lakes. Bartholomew I, spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox, threw a cross into the water and swimmers raced to be the first to retrieve it.

Evaggelos Kargiofilis, holds up the wooden cross after being the first to retrieve it, during an Epiphany ceremony to bless the water in Greece's northern port city of Thessaloniki, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011.

Villagers on horse back during Epiphany celebrations outside Harsova, Romania, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. Part of the local Epiphany customs, following the religious service, villagers get their horses blessed with holy water, then compete in a race.

Men attend a religious service during Epiphany celebrations outside Harsova, Romania, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011.

Bulgarian men dance the "Horo", chain dance, in the icy winter waters of the river Tundzha in the town of Kalofer, during the Epiphany Day celebrations, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. Traditionally, an Eastern Orthodox priest throws a cross in the river and it is believed that the one who retrieves it will be healthy trough the year as well as all those who dance in the icy waters.