Befanini : The Final Sweep on the Christmas Season

“La Befana vien di notte, con le scarpe tutte rotte. Col vestito alla romana, Viva, Viva La Befana!”  (“The Befana comes by night, with her shoes all tattered and torn. She comes dressed in Roman clothes, long live La Befana”) These rhyming versus in Italian may not resonate with everyone but for me they signify […]

Crowning a New Tradition

If you’re a fan of Christmas carols as am I, then you undoubtedly know that there are Twelve Days of Christmas to celebrate; beginning on December 25th and concluding on January 6th  This date is celebrated globally as The Epiphany, also known as the Feast of the Three Kings, Little Christmas and La Befana, and […]