Some branches of the Christmas tree grow pretty wild. * * Show Caption 1 of 2 Expand Italian folklore tells of La Befana, an old witch-like woman who brings gifts to children on Jan. 5, Epiphany Eve.

Hollywood Siblings Anjelica and Danny Huston Team for ‘The Christmas Witch Trial of La Befana’ The hybrid animated and live-action film from HighballTV is shooting in L.A. and Canada.

Anjelica Huston, one of cinema’s most iconic witch portrayers, has been cast to star in the upcoming live-action/hybrid feature “ The Christmas Witch Trial of La Befana,” the first animated ...

For this reason, Three Kings' Day became the Christmas Day on which family and friends exchange gifts. In France, Epiphany is primarily a religious event.

In Italy, you can meet the Christmas Witch. For centuries, Italian locals would tell their children to keep an eye out for "La Belfana," a witchy-looking lady who comes on the Night of Epiphany.

La Befana, the Italian Epiphany witch. Painting by James Lewicki, from “The Golden Book of Christmas Tales” 1956 Another creature who suddenly has become ubiquitous at Christmastime: Swedish ...

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 ...

Christmas traditions call on a saint, a witch, and a demon to visit for the holidays Krampus holds Sophie, a one-year-olf Yorkie, at The Strange and Unusual Oddities Parlor in Kingston on Sunday ...