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  2. Befana - Wikipedia

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    Viene, viene la Befana Vien dai monti a notte fonda Come è stanca! la circonda Neve e gelo e tramontana! Viene, viene la Befana. The English translation is: Here comes, here comes the Befana She comes from the mountains in the deep of the night Look how tired she is! All wrapped up In snow and frost and the north wind! [47] Here comes, here ...

  3. The Legend of the Christmas Witch - Wikipedia

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    The Legend of the Christmas Witch (Italian: La Befana vien di notte, lit. 'The Befana Comes at Night') is a 2018 Italian-language Christmas fantasy comedy film [1] based on the Italian legend of the Befana. It is an Italian-Spanish co-production directed by Michele Soavi.

  4. 30 Christmas Traditions From Around the World - AOL

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    A municipality in the region of Marche has its own festival for La Befana in January: the whole area undergoes a magical transformation, replete with sweets for children and some revelers dressed ...

  5. Folklore of Italy - Wikipedia

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    In Italian folklore, the Befana is an old woman who delivers gifts to children throughout Italy on Epiphany Eve (the night of January 5) in a similar way to Santa Claus or the Three Magi Kings. [2] A popular belief is that her name derives from the Feast of Epiphany (Italian: Festa dell'Epifania). [3] [4]

  6. Anjelica Huston to Lead Hybrid Feature ‘The Christmas Witch ...

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    Anjelica Huston, one of cinema’s most iconic witch portrayers, has been cast to star in the upcoming live-action/hybrid feature “The Christmas Witch Trial of La Befana,” the first animated ...

  7. Book excerpt: "Tartufo" by Kira Jane Buxton - AOL

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    A wind—lawless and long-tailed—slices through the snow-stippled Apuan alps and the Apennines with all the wantonness of La Befana, the winter witch. Swifts catch this wind on their wings ...

  8. Christmas in Italy - Wikipedia

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    La Befana by Bartolomeo Pinelli (1821) Befana feast in Santa Sofia, Emilia–Romagna. A typical figure of Italian Christmas folklore is the Befana, depicted as an old witch on a broom, who appears as a bearer of gifts on 6 January, the day of the Epiphany. According to tradition, this figure brings gifts (usually sweets inside of a sock) to ...

  9. How the Toys Saved Christmas - Wikipedia

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    How the Toys Saved Christmas (Italian: La freccia azzurra) is a 1996 Italian animated film directed by Enzo D'Alò, based on the children's novel The Befana's Toyshop by Gianni Rodari. [ 1 ] In the original version, the story took place during the Epiphany Eve, because in the Folklore of Italy the Befana is a good witch that gives presents and ...