The Regata delle Befane honors the Epiphany but also celebrates Venice’s lasting connection to its waterways, its community’s ...

There are no lights, no garlands. Instead, Bethlehem University's Christmas tree, adorned with wooden cherubs and a long list of names in Palestinian colors, honors the children killed in Gaza.

Occurred on January 6, 2025 / Bologna, Italy Info: The Befana, a character from Italian folklore, arrives with gifts for the ...

Dante Club member Louise Columbus threw herself into the title role, as told in the children’s book “The Legend of Old Befana ...

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

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

Each year on 6 January, Italy celebrates the religious feast of the Epiphany, or the more popular folklore version of La Befana. In the Bible tradition the Epiphany is when the Three Wise Men arrive ...

She wears old clothes, as an Italian rhyme says: “la Befana vien di notte con le scarpe tutte rotte” (the ... Until the 1960s, the day of the Befana was when Italian children received their Christmas ...

Christmas has come and gone, but celebrations related to Christ’s birth aren’t over just yet. In many parts of Europe, ...

Italians celebrate the religious feast of the Epiphany, or the more popular folklore version of La Befana, on 6 January which falls on a Monday in 2025. The Epiphany is a national holiday across Italy ...

Most families tend to give main presents around Christmas Day but in Central Italy and Rome, there is still a tradition of giving sweets to good children and coal (or black coloured rock sweets) to ...

Also during the brunch, Befana (known locally as Nancee Vaicelunas Perry) will tell her story at 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. and hand out gift bags to children throughout the event. In Italian folklore ...