Befana other presents. In the book "Vestiges of Ancient Manners and Customs, Discoverable in Modern Italy and Sicily" (1823), John J. Blunt says: The tradition of Befana appears to incorporate other pre-Christian popular elements as well, adapted to Christian culture and related to the celebration of the New Year. Historian Carlo Ginzburg relates her to Nicevenn. The old lady character should then represent the "old year" just passed, ready to be burned in order to give place to the new one. In many European countries the tradition still exists of burning a puppet of an old lady at the beginning of
Legendary Children remixes. A German CD, titled "The Remixes", was released which featured four remixes not available on the main CD release. A rare promotional cassette was also released in Germany, containing seven remixes, where six of these remixes were unreleased and unavailable anywhere else. In the UK only the CD version was commercially available. A previously unavailable exclusive remix appeared on the 1995 German body workout megamix compilation "Fit for Dance" by Addidas. The remix was titled "Legendary Children (Shake Your Body Mix)". The song later appeared on the 1995 compilation "Gay Happening, Vol. 3" (Dance Street label) as well as