The Three Kings' Day, also known as Epiphany, is a Christian holiday celebrated every year on January 6 in many places across ...

On January 6th Italians celebrate La Befana, an ugly witch with a crooked nose ... who promoted her as an all-Italian, patriotic female alternative to the foreign Father Christmas. Mussolini had a ...

For this reason, Three Kings' Day became the Christmas Day on which family and friends exchange gifts. In France, Epiphany is primarily a religious event. In other countries, it is more of a ...

Leftovers in Italian are avanzi. Your avanzi di Natale may well include lasagne ... In many parts of the world Babbo Natale gets all the glory, but not in Italy. Here the Christmas witch La Befana ...

A festive spirit permeated Piazza Navona in Rome, on Monday, January 6, as firefighters helped lower a “Befana”, or old witch, down from a building so she could join the celebrations for an Italian ...

Every year, on Epiphany Eve, which is the night of January 5th, Italians celebrate a tradition similar to Santa, called La ...

According to Italian tradition ... There’s even a poem dedicated to the friendly Christmas witch: “The Befana comes at night / In worn-out shoes / Dressed like a Roman / Long live the Befana!