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

Whilst children in Spain get excited by the arrival of the Three Kings Parades, in Italy, children celebrate La Befana the ...

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

The stocking hung by the fireplace recalls the ancient custom of offering gifts to benevolent spirits in exchange for ...

Centuries later La Befana found her greatest fan in dictator Benito Mussolini, who promoted her as an all-Italian, patriotic female alternative to the foreign Father Christmas. Mussolini had a ...

based on a fairy tale by Italian children's author Gianni Rodari, was repackaged for American audiences as How The Toys Saved Christmas – but watch the original to find a story based around 'Italy's ...

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 ...

Some branches of the Christmas tree grow pretty wild. Italian folklore tells of La Befana, an old witch-like woman who brings gifts to children on Jan. 5, Epiphany Eve. She arrived early this year ...

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 ...