See also:

• BEFANA (Ital., corrupted from Epifania, Epiphany)

BEFANA (Ital., corrupted from Epifania, See also:

• EPIPHANY, FEAST OF

Epiphany)  , the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian See also:

• FEMALE

female counterpart of See also:

• SANTA

Santa Claus, the See also:

• CHRISTMAS (i.e. the Mass of Christ)

Christmas benefactor (St See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

Nicholas) . On See also:

• EPIPHANY, FEAST OF

Epiphany, or Twelfth See also:

• NIGHT

Night, she plays the See also:

• FAIRY (Fr. fee, faerie; Prov. facia; Sp. hada; Ital. fata; med. Lat. fatare, to enchant, from Lat. fatum, fate, destiny)

fairy godmother to the See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, filling their stockings with presents . Tradition relates that she was too busy with See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house duties to come to the window to see the Three See also:

• WISE, HENRY ALEXANDER (1806-1876)
• WISE, ISAAC MAYER (1819-1900)

Wise Men of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East pass on their See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey to pay See also:

• ADORATION (Lat. ad, to, and os, mouth; i.e. " carrying to one's mouth ")

adoration to the Saviour, excusing herself on the ground that she could see them on their return . They went back another way, and See also:

• BEFANA (Ital., corrupted from Epifania, Epiphany)

Befana is alleged to have been punished by being obliged to look for them for ever . Her legends seem to be rather mixed, for in spite of her Santa Claus See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, her name is used by Italian mothers as a bogey to frighten the babies . It was the See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom to carry her effigy through Italian towns on the See also:

• EVE

eve of the Epiphany .