Italians and their nativity scenes – something to behold, they say (she sighed) – here’s an interesting Slow Travel thread on what people are seeing around Italy these days and here’s a post from a wonderful blog by an American woman living in Rome on the tradition in general as well as on her Presepe-related visit to Naples.

Take a look, too, at the famed sand presepe in Jesolo, which is sculpted every year with proceeds that go to a particular cause – this year it’s for a center dedicated to rescuing child soldiers in Uganda.