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1. Epiphany is the greek word for manifestation or appearence of god.

2. Epiphany commorates the 12th day of Christmas

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1.)The twelve days of Christmas start after Christmas into January 6th the Epiphany.
2.)Christmas is celebrated more religiously than commercially.
3.)The La Befana legend is that the Three Wise Men stayed at a woman's house and they asked her if she wanted to come, but she said no then another Shepard came and he also asked her, but she said no again until she saw a star in the sky and followed it, but she never found the manjer and now she leaves candy for the kids.

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1 Santa was originally portrayed as a skinny man, with no bells in the early 80's.

2 The Befana was asked by the wise men to join them on their journey, but she refused saying she had work to do. She saw a light in the sky and decided to join the men, but got lost and never found the manger and baby Jesus.

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1. La Befana was asked to join the Three Wise Men in their journey to find baby Jesus but she denied. She later decided to go but got lost which is why she wanders Italy and brings gifts to children.
2. Carnevale is marked by the Epiphany

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1. Epiphany (January 6)marks the beginning of carnevale
2. Traditionally, Christmas in Italy is celebrated by midnight mass, family card games, and the Feast of Seven Fishes

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1) The origins of La Befana can be traced back to the Roman's  pagan festival of Saturnalia.
2)Children in Italy recieve their presents and stockings on the Epiphany, not Christmas.

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1. La Befana asks for wine instead of cookies.
2.  In Vatican City every year at 11 AM hundreds of people dressed in medieval costumes as the Befana.

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La Befana is the tale of the good hag wearing a kerchief tied under her chin. When the holiday season wasn't very popular in italy, they didn't decorate trees at all.

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1) January 6th is a national holiday in Italy called Epiphany. It is more widely celebrated than the commercialized Christmas on December 25th, as Americans know it.
2) The origin of La Befana goes back most likely to the Romans' pagan festival of Saturnalia which was a one-or-two-week-long festival beginning just before the winter solstice.

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1: Santa Claus didn't appear much/ at all in Italy until the 80s.

2:Epiphany come from the Greek word meaning the appearance or manifestation of God

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1. There are ugliest Befana costume contests in Viterbo leading up to the Epiphany.
2. The origins of La Befana date back to the Roman's pagan festival of Saturnalia.

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1. The Epiphany on January 6th is as much as a significant holiday of Christmas Day.
2. On Epiphany Eve kids in Italy leave out their shoes or stockings for La Befana to fill.

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1. January 6th is an Italian holiday commemorating the the 12th day of Christmas
2.  In the 70's, there were no Christmas trees or Santa in Italy
3. Santa crept into Italian culture in the 80's and was depicted as skinny and carried no bells

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1. The Befana's home town is Urbania in the region of Marche
2. The Epiphany is the celebration of the three wise men arriving at the manger where baby Jesus was.

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1. The epiphany is celebrated on January 6th, with the tradition of the La Befana.
2. The Marche region (Befana's hometown) holds a 4 day festival from January 2nd - 6th, to celebate the epiphany. This is one of the biggest festivals held in Italy for this holiday.

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1. Santa Claus was depicted as a skinny man, with no bells, in the early eighties.
2. The epiphany also marked the beginning of the carnevale.

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The three Wise Men were Caspar, who brought gold, Balthasar, who brought frankincense, and Melchior, who brought myrrh, and the items brought were given to baby Jesus.

The light in the sky that followed the shepherd and the Wise Men is what drove la Befana to join the others in search of Jesus, but she never found him leaving her to search even until today.

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1. La Befana arrives on January 5 to stuff the stockings of the children.
2. The origins of La Befana possible can be traced to the Roman's pagan festival of Saturnalia.

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1.  The Epiphany is celebrated by Italians on January 6th

2. Rome has a Befana Market in Piazza Navona