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Newspaper
The Harrison Press
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1985
Page
4
The piece describes Epiphany customs in Italy Spain and France. Italians await Befana with stockings filled with toys or coal. Spaniards place shoes for the Three Kings on their way to Bethlehem. French traditions of Kings Cake note extra slices for le bon Dieu and the Virgin, with a bean in a slice affecting who reigns.
Customs celebrate Christmas with diverse practices from stockings in Britain to the kissing bough and wassail. The wassail bowl arrived in England in the late 1400s under Henry VII, and the word wassail means be thou well.
In Germany Christmas is a deeply important time for families. On Christmas Eve the family gathers for the tree lighting ceremony. Marzipan candy, made from almond paste and brightly colored, decorates the tree. Gifts are often handmade. Women sew and embroider while men carve and paint wooden figurines.
On Christmas Eve Italians fast or eat little and end with a Presipio ceremony around Bethlehem figures. Gifts come at Epiphany January 6. Norway halts work at 4 p.m. Mothers place Infant Jesus in the manger and families greet the festive season bathe and wear new clothes amid old beliefs of evil spirits.
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