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

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

(Photo by TIZIANA FABI / AFP) Italy celebrates Befana on January 6th, a holiday that rivals Christmas for many Italians. But how did this staunchly Catholic nation come to worship a pagan witch? On ...

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

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

ENDICOTT, N.Y. (WBNG) -- La Befana, a character found in Italian folklore, visited students at Thomas J. Watson Elementary ...

From a national public holiday to potential airport and public transport disruption and a new requirement for non-EU ...

A festive spirit permeated Piazza Navona in Rome, on Monday, January 6, as firefighters helped lower a “Befana”, or old witch ...