Will come down this weekend. We always wait until after January 6 which is Christmas for the Orthodox Christians. Adolph, being of Italian descent, would celebrate Epiphany-January 6 or L'Epifania as an important Christmas event back in Italy. La Befana, the old hag, after hearing from the 3 Wise Men about the Christ Child goes door to door to try to find him and leaves candies & goodies for all the children in case the child is there. When my girls were little, for a few years, a local Italian club would have a Befana party/dinner-dance. Adolph and I would take the girls and my mother-in-law. The kids loved it as they would get a small stocking filled with treats and little toys. It helped to lengthen the Christmas season for them as well as partaking in the custom of the season. Of course it is my husband's birthday today. Many times at that Befana event, it would occur on his birthday so he had the pleasure of everyone singing to him and wishing him well. We would always win the flower centerpiece for the birthday closest to the event! Many newcomers to Canada bring new customs and also join in our customs. Do you partake in other customs besides the traditional Canadian Christmas and New Year? Or have you created some new Canadian traditions to add to your childhood ones? If so, tell me about them!
L'Epifania sounds like a fun add-on to the Christmas season. For a few years, I was invited to an Orthodox Christmas celebration dinner with Serbian immigrants that I helped sponsor. That was fun and interesting but ended a couple of years ago.
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