Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every year, Venice's oldest rowers race a short regatta on the Grand Canal to celebrate the feast of the Epiphany dressed like the ...

(RNS) — The pandemic showed us that our seemingly secure routines can disappear in a few days. Le Befana shows us how to adapt with grace. (RNS) — While many still lament their diminished New Year’s ...

ROME — For generations of Romans, Epiphany, not Christmas, was the holiday season’s main day for receiving gifts. They are dispensed overnight, according to Italian folklore, by the Befana, a ...

Members of the Lorain Montenero Italian Society greeted La Befana, the Italian Christmas Witch, at the annual Christmas dinner Dec. 7 at the Italian-American Veterans Post No. 1, 4567 Oberlin Ave., ...