more pagan side to its annual shock-and-awe delivery of the holiday spirit. And as it turns out, the most primal, if not historically referential, event of Solvang’s holiday season is perhaps ...

(Photo by TIZIANA FABI / AFP) Italy celebrates Befana on January 6th, a holiday that rivals Christmas for many Italians. But how did this staunchly Catholic nation come to worship a pagan witch? On ...