Pagan celebrations of Yule and the Winter ... Plaza has now co-written two children’s books titled “The Christmas Witch” and “The Return of the Christmas Witch” — many witches and ...

Some Christmas traditions mirror pre-Christian festivities, but some pagan influences may have been overstated. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

She wanted to know more, not only about the most frightening folklore of Christmases past, but also about the pagan and Christian ... Raedisch said. The Christmas witch now drops toys down ...

Pagan legend has it that Krampus torments ... when La Befana, the beloved Christmas witch, visits them. La Befana has been an Italian legend since the 13th century, and there are parades and ...

In Italy, you can meet the Christmas Witch. For centuries ... It's believed that La Belfana is an adaptation of an older pagan myth that got integrated into traditional Italian Christmas celebrations.

(Photo by TIZIANA FABI / AFP) Italy celebrates Befana on January 6th, a holiday that rivals Christmas for many Italians. But how did this staunchly Catholic nation come to worship a pagan witch? On ...

Krampus actually predates Christmas—it is of pagan origin, according to History, appearing in early celebrations of the winter solstice—but since then, he has become a Christmas icon ...

Santa Claus, tinkering elves and flying reindeer are universal symbols of Christmas, but in Northeast Pennsylvania they share the season with a wandering witch on a broomstick, a Ukrainian saint ...