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Christmas Characters

  • There are different characters visiting our countries at Christmas and bringing presents for kids.

    Please, tell us someting about them so that we can know about your Christmas traditions.

    Three Wise Men-SPAIN

    Three Wise Men visit Spanish homes the nigh before Epiphany´s Day. They travel by camel.They bring presents to good children and "coal" to naughty children.

    Children leave cookies and milk for them and water for the camels. 

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    Babbo Natale (Santa Claus)

    Babbo Natale (Santa Claus) is a typical Italian character of Christmas. He brings the presents to good children. He has got a sleigh and a lot of reindeers.

    ANGEL-Giulio and Marco Italy

    the angle is my favourite nativity caracter!!!

    I really like her enormous wings!
    Her dress is very cool!

    Befana Giovanni C. Italy

    The Befana is a typical Italian Christmas character, she visits children's houses the night before Epiphany's day on her flying broom and she brings lot of sweets to good children and coal to naughty ones. She puts them in socks that the children hang up on their fireplaces.

    Święty Mikołaj (Saint Nicolaus) in Poland

    Święty Mikołaj comes to Polish children twice a year - on 6th and on 24th December. Good children are given presenta and the naughty ones - a twig (rózga).

    Apalpador

    Many children today no longer have to choose between Santa Claus and the Three Wise Men when it comes to asking for Christmas presents: while the chunky northern character leaves them toys on Christmas Eve, the Three Wise Men from the East arrive punctually to their appointment between the 5th and 6th of January. Galician children are even luckier: every December 31st they are visited by the Apalpador, a character from the mountain tradition happily retrieved and increasingly well known throughout Galicia.
    This is one of those autochthonous traditions that, fortunately, have been revived in recent times, after many years of oblivion.