Witches at Christmas.



There is a wonderful old Christmas tradition in Italy of a old lady resembling a witch called Befana. She delivers presents on Epiphany Eve and is very similar to the Saint Nicolas/Krampus traditional of giving good children gifts and that naughty children get punish by receiving coal!
There is a lovely article on the website listed below Befana images which I highly recommend reading.


Festive witches appear in many countries and on old postcards 

 Befana Dolls for sale in Italy.





https://www.ottawaitalians.com/Heritage/befana.htm

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