Kallikantzaros

As Christmas casts its shimmering glow over bustling streets and homes draped in twinkling lights, a question lingers in the winter air: Have you noticed strange noises at night, like faint scratching or low murmurs from unseen sources? Or perhaps you've woken to an inexplicably upturned chair, an extinguished fire, or the faint scent of something otherworldly?

If our traditions were still alive today, the kallikantzaroi, or malevolent goblins, would be making a mad dash to return to the underworld. And relieved by this lifesaving turn of events, Friday's Epiphany would be the symbol of mankind's rebirth.