La Befana: Christmas Witch, Goddess of Ancestral Spirit, fascist

She’s more popular than Santa in some parts of Italy— and it’s been passed down to me that she represents the liminal space between ancestors and children, not unlike how the ancestors deliver candy to the children on Il Morti.  She is the one who keeps the bond alive between the worlds of

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Cuccadati: Sicilian Fig Cookies — Radici Siciliane

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