The Italian Cultural & Community Center of Houston will present its annual Festa della Befana, where kids and familiescan enjoy an afternoon of tombola and meet la Befana, who will bring sweets for the children in attendance.

According to legend, the three wise men asked la Befana to come with them to bring gifts to baby Jesus. La Befana declined, saying she was too busy with her housework. When she changed her mind, she searched far and wide trying to catch up to them, but to no avail. To this day, she is still searching for the baby Jesus, and for this reason she brings sweets and candies by broomstick for children who have been good - or a lump of coal for those who have been bad - on the eve of the Epiphany each year.