Happy Befana!

Which would be Epiphany but is celebrated in Italy as the day of the Befana, i.e. and old witch that goes around distributing sweets to nice children (and lumps of coal to naughty ones).

No Kings' Day cake tradition here, but I am baking chocolate cookies, to give around.

This could be worse...

Dear Author,
Thank you so much for writing such thick volumes of heart warming stories.
You'll be happy to know that they have kept not only my heart but also my hands and toes fairly cozy too.
Keep writing!
Yours truly.

It's a true story too !