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Befana

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Befana
fairy fills stockings with toys on Twelfth Night. [Ital. Legend: LLEI, I: 323]
See : Christmas

Befana
female Santa Claus who comes at Epiphany. [Ital. Legend: Walsh Classical, 50]


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The Italy tree recounts a similar story, only in that country she is known is Befana.
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