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I only learned of Befana a few years ago while doing a story on Christmas in Rome.     I can’t remember ever hearing of Befana growing up in Italian American New Jersey.   http://hometoitaly.blogspot.com/2013/11/christmas-viewed-from-italy.htmlBut we did have the fear that if we were bad we would receive coal in our stockings………..and my cousin Gary did get coalContinue reading “Italian Christmas Witch: Befana”