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	-- Beliefnet.com
		La Befana is a tall old woman with a red shawl and a bent branch broom that goes sweep-swep-sweep.
		La Befana has a long nose and a hump on her back.
		La Befana stayed inside, but she parted her curtains and stared.
	www.beliefnet.com /story/59/story_5920_1.html (378 words)

	In Italy Online - Christmas Issue
		On January 6, the Feast of Epiphany, La Befana goes out on her broom to drop off stockings filled with treats to all the sleeping children of Italy.
		It took an unusually bright light and a band of angels to convince La Befana that she must join the Wise Men, but she was too late.
		La Befana was asked to join them but declined three times.
	www.initaly.com /regions/xmas/xmas.htm (764 words)

	John D. Calandra Italian American Institute: Community Affairs
		La Befana is the benevolent old woman with magical powers who brings gifts to the children of Italy on the eve of the Epiphany.
		La Befana is an old woman who lives in a house in the hills of Italy.
		Among other places, a doll of la Befana can be purchased at:
	qcpages.qc.cuny.edu /calandra/community/commbefa.html (629 words)

	Italy
		La Befana is an old lady with a big nose and a red mole on top of it.
		It is commonly known as "La Befana" (Epiphany).
		There was somebody in the kitchen, I didn't dare to leave the bed but I knew that it was "La Befana".
	www.zuzu.org /italy.html (319 words)

	Holidays & Festivals > Epiphany in Italy
		The Epiphany in Italy means that a good witch, La Befana, may visit your house and bring you candy or a piece of charcoal.
		The celebration is all about a good witch called "La Befana" who comes around on that day putting candy in your socks-- but of course, only if you leave your socks hanging beside the fireplace.
		Now they say she disguises herself as a good witch who we call "La Befana" who rides on a broomstick looking for the baby Jesus, leaving candy for children on her way.
	www.internet-at-work.com /hos_mcgrane/holidays/2_giulia.html (538 words)

	Befana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Befana or "La Befana" is a friendly character in Italian folklore, similar to Santa Claus.
		Legend has it that La Befana was approached by the 3 Magi on the night of Christ's birth.
		She is usually portrayed as an old lady, riding a broomstick through the air.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Befana (247 words)

	Body and Soul: On The Twelfth Day of Christmas
		No real Santas or La Befana here in Japan like the ol' St. Nick that visited me and my siblings years ago, so maybe new myths need to be dreamed and practiced and retained in living memory, myths of real passion and feeling in the spirit of giving from one's heart.
		Jan 7, 2004 9:57:19 AM i love the la befana story...i had forgotten it from when i first had it read to me as a little kid.
		Befana doesn't have time to be bothered with fairy tales about kings who care about people like her.
	bodyandsoul.typepad.com /blog/2004/01/on_the_twelfth_.html (2942 words)

	descrip_befana
		The "Befana", for cildren, is a person created by the popular imagination and she is described as a good and generous old lady,with
		La Befana vien di notte, con le scarpe tutte rotte, il cappelo alla romana, viva viva la Befana.
		"Befana" is the popular name of the Epiphany festival.
	www.mercurio.it /ales/comenius/descripbefana.htm (135 words)

	Selvet.dk - La befana, en hedensk tradition
		Music fills the streets and people place Befana dolls in their windows, welcoming her to their house.
		Through Befana´s timeless visits to the family hearth, her function is that of reaffirming the bond between the family and the ancestors through an exchange of gifts.
		Befana fills up stockings with nuts and fruit and brings presents for all the good children, and a lump of coal for the not-so-good children.
	www.selvet.dk /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2733 (849 words)

	LA VERA STORIA DELLA BEFANA
		During the night of La Befana’s visit, she is hosted by each family with a plate containing broccoli and spice sausage plus a small glass of wine.
		One night a year for all eternity, the woman He named "La Befana" for "giver of gifts," would have all the children of the world as her own.
		Besides the link with the cult of the hearth, the Befana personifies a close link to fire itself, whether astral (brought from the stars, appearing as a meteor) or earthly (for example on the eve of the Befana holiday, bonfires are lit to burn her figure).
	www.alanisfans.it /forum/index.php/topic,5652.0.html (1659 words)

	La Befana: The Witch of Christmas
		Ever since then the old woman has been known as “La Befana” or simply “Befana.” On the eve of January 6th, Befana flies from house to house on her old broomstick and delivers all the gifts she didn’t give to the Holy Child to good girls and boys.
		Children of today know Befana as an old woman who flies a broom and wears a black shawl over a dress dirty with soot from the chimneys she climbs down to deliver her gifts.
		In fact, Befana’s name is the Greek word “epifania” or “epiphany,” and is significant because the religious feast of the Epiphany is celebrated on January 6th.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /OttawaItalians/Heritage/befana.htm (522 words)

	Advent 20 Befana
		On Twelfth Night children hide notes to the "good witch" La Befana in the chimney, and place Befana dolls in their windows, welcoming her to their house.
		At the end of the celebration, the Befana dolls are burned upon a hilltop in a pyramid of corn sheaves, brushwood, and pine branches.
		She brings presents for all the good children but just a lump of coal for the naughty ones.
	www.bluelantern.org /advent_20.htm (135 words)

	La Befana - A to Z Teacher Stuff Forums
		Legend describes Befana as a tiny old woman dressed in black and riding a broomstick from house to house on the eve of Epiphany.
		JenPooh, La Befana is a witch according to Italian lore that brings goodies to the children.
		The stopped at Befana's house and asked her to go along, but she refused because she had so much work to do.
	forums.atozteacherstuff.com /showthread.php?threadid=15647 (388 words)

	Befana, La
		La Befana or St. Befana is an ugly but good-natured old hag who leaves presents in the stockings of children on the eve of the Epiphany (the Twelfth Night) in parts of Italy and Sicily.
		Article "Befana, La" created on 01 January 1999; last modified on 25 December 1999 (Revision 2).
		The name is said to be a corruption of Epiphany (Epiphania), but parts of the legend pre-date Christian times.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/b/befana.html (148 words)

	virtualitalia.com - la befana
		We buy our LA friends Befanas, wanting to share with them the spirit of this Christmastime bonus - wanting them to believe as Italians believe, as we believe: that La Befana will fly through the sky tonight, sweeping away last year’s troubles with her broom, bringing us the hope of a sweeter, brighter new year.
		Ever since, La Befana has flown through the night sky on the Eve of the Epiphany, delivering goodies to children, hoping one of them is the Christ child.
		Anticipation is in the Piazza Navona air, as kids hurry home to hang stockings and set out a glass of wine for La Befana.
	www.virtualitalia.com /articles/befana.shtml (686 words)

	La Befana the Christmas Witch - Limited Edition
		New for 2004 is La Befana the Christmas Witch
		On Halloween, Befana is busy preparing for her Christmas rounds while all her witch friends are flying around scaring kids.
		Although Santa doesn’t need the help, he appreciates Befana’s good tidings during Christmas and loves her magical toy bag that never runs out of toys.
	www.rfstudio.com /befana.html (108 words)

	Marcel Granger — Befana
		La Befana and I Befanotti in BARGA (LUCCA) ITALY
		a Befana» of Italy, is a benevolent witch-like woman who riddes a broomstick on the eve of Epiphany, January 5, carrying presents for the deserving and charcoal for the erring.
		After leavings small gifts and consuming snacks left for her, she sweeps the floors with her broom.
	www.lino.com /~marcelg/befan_an.htm (80 words)

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