In italy we actually have regular Christmas, the witch (which is called La "Befana") is actually connected to another christian festivity called Epifania, that is every 6th of January; the kids that behaved well receive candies, otherwise you get coal (although nowadays they even sell coal-shaped candies lol, they are pretty hard to chew tho) and you receive them in a big sock (obv not the ones you put on, they're sold at around christmas time in probably every supermarket)
In italy we actually have regular Christmas, the witch (which is called La "Befana") is actually connected to another christian festivity called Epifania, that is every 6th of January; the kids that behaved well receive candies, otherwise you get coal (although nowadays they even sell coal-shaped candies lol, they are pretty hard to chew tho) and you receive them in a big sock (obv not the ones you put on, they're sold at around christmas time in probably every supermarket)