LA BEFANA
ITALY'S GOOD WITCH
ARRIVES ON THE EVE OF JANUARY 5TH - THE EPIPHANY AND LEAVES SMALL GIFTS TO THE GOOD BOYS AND GIRLS OF ITALY. EVEN THOUGH WE DONT LIVE IN ITALY, WE ARE 100% ITALIAN & WE PRACTICE MANY TRAIDITIONS FROM ITALY. I STARTED THIS ONE WITH MY CHILDREN A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK. THEY LOVE TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE "GOOD WITCH" OF ITALY WILL LEAVE IN THEIR SHOES LEFT BY THE FIREPLACE.
Cool! We love celebrating holidays that celebrate our Spanish, French, Mexican, Irish and all American cultural heritage in our household. Blessings!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely story. I like the sound of this tradition. Wonderful tag to inform us!
ReplyDeleteSue xx
I have never heard of this tradition, thank you so much for sharing it with this great tag! X
ReplyDeleteLovely tag! Here in Germany the kids put out their shoes on December 6th and Nicholas fills them with sweets! Valere
ReplyDeleteGreat to learn more about other cultures - fab tag! Carolyn xx
ReplyDeleteI couldn't really see much of your Tag but it is colorful and your story sounds like fun...
ReplyDeleteI couldn't really see much of your Tag but it is colorful and your story sounds like fun...
ReplyDeleteFascinating. thanks for sharing the tale :0)
ReplyDeleteNever heard of the good witch. Interesting. Great choice for a tag!
ReplyDeletelearned something new--great tag!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the education! My relatives from Austria have St. Nikolaus for the good children and Krampus (sp?) for the "naughty" children visting before Dec 25. I'll have to tell you, my son HATED getting a miniature red Krampus from his aunt as a joke - even though it was a joke. To this day, at 23, he still dislikes Krampus! (smile and chuckle)
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun tag to illustrate a wonderful story - love it :o)
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun tradition!
ReplyDeleteThis is great and I learned something new!
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