Christmas myths

On December 25th is Christmas. Christmas is the festivity when the Christian religion celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. There are many myths about Christmas  and over the most famous about Santa Claus, we know the Befana and Belsnickel. La Befana is an Italian Christmas witch, pictures as an old woman who flies on a broomstick and carries a large bag. According to the legend she visits the children on epiphany eve and if they've been nice she rewards their with gifts and candy, instead if they've been naughty she leaves them coal. Belsinckel instead is a German masked Christmas gifts-bringer, that leaves candy in nice kids houses and leaves the naughty kids houses with a switch.