I've talked about the Feast of the Three Kings tradition practiced among Catholics. Some US Protestants practice The Day of Epiphany called Old Christmas, with the tradition stronger among southern protestants. Benjamin Outlaw comes from the same hometown as my maternal grandmother, Windsor, North Carolina. His mother, Hattie Outlaw, prepared her New Year’s Day meal on the sixth of January, which she called “old Christmas.” What is noteworthy is that his mother’s menu did not include pork, like most southerners ate on New Year’s Day. “Mama would make roast chicken, collard greens, desserts, and stuff like that,” recalls Outlaw.
