The document describes Italian traditions surrounding La Befana. According to the text, La Befana is an old woman with a long crooked nose, long skirt, scarf, hat, and broken shoes who flies on her broomstick down chimneys at night to fill children's stockings. The text notes that good children receive gifts while bad children receive coal. It includes the lyrics of a song about La Befana bringing gifts or coal depending on a child's behavior.