Christmas trivia.

Just one item for you this year, but I particularly like the story of the Italian "Santa Claus" who is in fact an old lady riding a broomstick who goes round delivering presents to children on the night of January 5th.  The story is that she was approached by the three wise men (let's assume there were three, OK?) who told her of the imminent birth of the Christ-child, but she was too busy to go with them, and by the time she got her act together the star had disappeared and she couldn't find her way.  So she flies round to this day leaving presents at every house with children in the hope that He will be there.  And because she was late starting out, Italian children have to wait nearly an extra fortnight for their presents.  I think that's a nice story.