What Is the Italian Feast of La Befana?
3 min readJan 6, 2021
Find out how Italians celebrate the Epiphany on January 6 and learn all about the Italian Christmas witch.
Buona Befana! This is the greeting Italians share with one another on January 6, the feast of the Epiphany. It marks the end of the holiday season and recognizes the arrival of the three Magi to baby Jesus’ manger. As a religious feast, the Epiphany also is a celebration of the realization…
