Celebrating Epiphany

Purple Haze
Women dressed as Befana (a witch who delivers presents and sweets to well-behaved children and coal to others) parade as 100 other Befanas carry a 170-ft.-long (52 m) stocking full of gifts during the annual Befana procession in Viterbo, Italy, on Jan. 5, 2012. The festival of the Befana is celebrated in Italy during the Christian festival of Epiphany.

• Ringing in the New Year