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Dear friends, I do not know how many of you at this time of year, are engaged in setting up the Nativity scene in which, in all countries of the Catholic religion , has been handed down for centuries, the representation of the birth of Baby Jesus

In all the houses in which this tradition is alive in late November, we start thinking about how to make the scene, despite the ever-new figurines and Capanna are the same, perhaps for generations ...

Everything you need has been carefully packed the year before and stored in the cellar but now it's time again to bring up the box and take stock, make sure that no character has been damaged and put them all side by side, observe and remember with emotion the exact same time but lived as a child, when it was up to my father or your mother give birth the magic ...

As the crib is just a beautiful miniature world with the addition of deep religiosity and devotion, I could not remain indifferent to his poetry ...

those I show in these pictures are the homes that I am restoring (with regard to those already colored) and building from scratch with regard to the stable where the Nativity ambienterò.

In each and every case, all were built by me, as you see, I do not like only the beautiful tapestries and antique furniture ...

Since my crib is in Oriental style, that is set in Palestine in Jesus' time, I was inspired by the houses with their typical houses in the region, is almost always only a local, bottom, topped with a dome that would allow for better air circulation ...

course, the humble origins of the Child, require a well-respected and likely, in my opinion ...

Although I admire the beautiful and popular regional Nativity, in which customs and traditions of the place you mix the gospel tradition, I personally prefer to rebuild a small glimpse of Bethlehem, where more than two thousand years ago, on a cold night and after an exhausting search for a home, a married couple has had to settle for a poor stable, to a menagerie of beasts , to receive His own Son ...

Even my daughter was born in December and I find it a wonderful sign of gratitude and love, from me, handed down a love for the infant Jesus, as did my father and me his father before him ...

All the houses are made of polystyrene, cut with a soldering iron, plastered and painted by hand. In

the next few days I will keep you updated with the progress of work because Christmas is coming and is still much work to do ...

I hope that even if you're in a different religion, you will enjoy seeing the birth of my hands, a corner of Bethlehem :-)