Italy

意大利

In Italy, there is no Santa, but instead there a woman called a Befana that performs the general duties of Saint Nick. The story is that the three wise men stopped during their travels and asked a woman for food and shelter. She said no, but later realized her mistake when it was too late. She now travels the earth looking for the baby Jesus and on January 6th, she leaves kids a sock filled with candy or a lump of coal.

意大利沒有圣誕老人，但有一個(gè)叫貝法娜（Befana）的女巫，她履行圣誕老人一般的職責(zé)。據(jù)說從前有三位智者在旅行中請(qǐng)求一位女士給些吃的，并能讓他們留宿，但女士拒絕了。她接著意識(shí)到了自己的錯(cuò)誤，但這已經(jīng)太晚了。如今她環(huán)游全球，尋找嬰孩時(shí)的耶穌，并會(huì)在1月6號(hào)給孩子們留下裝滿糖果或煤塊的襪子。