The International Club recently
explored Italian Christmas traditions. The club members viewed a video
walkthrough of a traditional Italian Christmas street fair, followed by a
short video about "La Befana", the Christmas Witch.
Many
characteristics that dozens of countries associate with Santa Claus
belong to "La Befana". She is at the heart of the Italian Christmas
tradition, an old "witch" who brings stockings to children with gifts
for the "nice " and coal for the "naughty".
The
students then decorated stocking in anticipation of the December 5th
Cultural Christmas Party. The stockings will be hung and filled with
sweets for the "good students" of Bishop Ahr and possibly a little coal.