Let's Go Luna!
What is La Befana?
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Salami Strong teaches the kids about his Italian Christmas traditions.
Salami Strong teaches the kids about his Italian Christmas traditions, Babbo Natale and La Befana. He breaks into song about La Befana.
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Let's Go Luna!
What is La Befana?
Clip: Special | 2m 27sVideo has Closed Captions
Salami Strong teaches the kids about his Italian Christmas traditions, Babbo Natale and La Befana. He breaks into song about La Befana.
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Carmen: Ugh!
There you are, Lil' Teeny!
Andy: Wow, Mr. Salami, is that some sort of new work-out move?
Salami: No, children.
I've just been trying to lift myself out of sorrow but even these dumb bells can't help me anymore.
(Crash) Salami: ...but it's hopeless!
The holidays are ruined!
At this rate, we'll never see Babbo Natale or La Befana this year!
Carmen: Babbo wha?
Honey: Befana HUH?
Salami: Ah, of course.
You would not know them.
Let me explain.
Salami: My home country, Italy, sits on the south of Europe, where we celebrate the Babbo Natale!
He is, how you say, much like your Santa Claus.
Salami: But we have another gift giver who comes twelve days after Babbo Natale... La Befana, the old witch who delivers gifts!
Andy/Leo/Carmen: A witch?
Luna: Yes, but a good one.
Salami: That's right, Luna.
She is a true wonder!
Salami: Every year La Befana comes flying on a broomstick, wearing a head scarf, braving through the cold to bring candy and gifts to all the children of Italy!
Salami: She even sweeps up the home before she leaves.
She's so nice and thoughtful.
But one year, she almost didn't make it!
Luna: Ah, yes.
I remember that night like it was yesterday.
Salami: Who could forget?
It was many years ago when I was just an itty-bitty strongman.
Salami: ♪ When I was a boy, awaiting La Befana, ♪ ♪ I was full of joy.
Because of La Befana, ♪ ♪ But a fleet of meatball trucks ♪ ♪ Crashed in awful weather, ♪ ♪ Meatballs rolling everywhere ♪ ♪ Rolling all together.
♪ ♪ There were meatballs everywhere ♪ ♪ Spicy meatballs too!
♪ ♪ How could La Befana come?
♪ ♪ No one could get through ♪ Carmen: Wait, you had bad weather and meatballs too?
Just like Ingrid Svenson-Benson?
Salami: Yes, but our story is much worse!
Our meatballs were... spicyyy.
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