The day before La Befana was certainly an interesting day for us. After all, it was the day our newest little piggies were born. But we also had other news on that day and some good fortune came our way.
La Befana, for those who don’t know, is another day of gift-giving in Italy for the Christmas season. On the night of January 5, La Befana passes through and fills the stockings of good little boys and girls. Of course, sometimes those gifts can be larger than the stockings.
That being said, I was determined to find Luigi a stuffed Winnie the Pooh. He had gotten various things with Winnie the Pooh on them as gifts and he really loves them, calling Winnie “Bee Ba Booh”. I looked before Christmas and, although I’d do anything for my son, I thought the prices were outrageous and decided that he didn’t need Winnie all that badly. (Is that terrible or what?)
Fortunately, I was able to find one on sale in time for La Befana. And, not being one to go overboard with material things, I figured one stuffed animal was plenty.
Before Christmas, however, we had bought a ticket for a lottery that one of the local stores was having. The prize was a collection of Winnie the Pooh stuffed animals – a large Eeyore, a small tigger, small piglet and a Winnie the Pooh that was also a picture frame. Since I never win anything, I doubted that we would be that lucky but, lo and behold, the night before La Befana we got a phone call saying that we had won.
As you can see, Luigi was thrilled
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Cool, he’s lucky already.
I congratulated my neighbor on the end of le feste the other day and she breathed the longest sigh of relief. IT really does go on so here!
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