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Bostonians import Latin American traditions to celebrate Three Kings Day

BOSTON – A cake with a doll in it, shoes full of hay, men dressing up in magisterial ways – these are just a few of the fanciful things that make up part of Three Kings Day celebrations, a holiday tradition for many Hispanic Americans in Boston and beyond. Three Kings Day,

Italy

Italian children await gifts from good witch, not Magi

ROME – Pope Francis and Catholics around the world will celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany on Wednesday (Jan. 6), marking the date the three kings are believed to have visited the baby Jesus. But across Italy on Tuesday, children will search their shoes for gifts from the good witch.