Italiano
The Catholic tradition of representing Nativity Scene with small statues and various miniatures is centuries old.
Originally this was the prerogative of Italian monasteries and churches (tradition inaugurated by St. Francis of Assisi over 800 years ago); in recent decades, however, it has begun to be a custom also in households, as well as in other countries of the world.
Nowadays the presepe, as it is called in Italian, is also a testing ground for creative people.
Representing the birth of Jesus in an imaginative way with different materials is a challenge taken up by the friends of the restaurant “La locanda del brigante” in Abruzzo (Italy).
The boys set up a scene with the statuettes of Joseph and Mary (according to tradition, the statuette of the baby Jesus is only after the 25th on midnight!).
Dry-aged pieces of quality red meat serve as a backdrop, in lieu of the Judean Montains.
And it is not the star of Bethlehem that sheds light, but a Inox Bim climatic cabinet, ideal for curing salami, dry-aging meat or fish, and much more!
