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their last Christmas in Italy, there were 26 family members staying in their home for Christmas week. New Year's is also celebrated by the Italian people and, like us. they have traditions to insure good luck. An Italian housewife might fix ham or pork and dried beans for a New Year's day dinner, just like a southern housewife here. Also traditional on NewYear's are small presents, especially something made of gold, or red in color. Wearing red on New Years also brings good luck.
On Epiphany, or January 6. Italian children hang their stockings. Little gifts of candy or small gold trinkets are found in the stockings of good children. Bad children are supposed to get coals in their stockings, but most parents buy small black candies shaped like coals, on sale at Italian bakeries for Epiphany.
Willie and Alberta talked about Befana, the woman who supposedly fills the stockings. She is a scary character, dressed in black, and it is she who has the knowledge of who has been good and who bad. "It's not really frightening to children, though." Alberta said. ‘‘Befana leaves candy most of the time, even if there are a few black coals."
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