Despite the limitations on the number of people allowed into St. Peter's Square for the inauguration of the Vatican Christmas tree and manger, a large crowd gathered just outside the square to wait for the lights of the 75-year-old spruce tree to be switched on.<\/p>\n
ANNA RITA<\/strong> DANIELA<\/strong> ARISTIDE<\/strong> LUCA<\/strong> The most special moment was when the tree was lit up. <\/p>\n The manger was especially surprising, with its giant ceramic statues. Both can be appreciated in St. Peter's Square until Jan. 10, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" December 11, 2020. A large crowd gathered just outside the square to wait for the lights of the 75-year-old spruce tree to be switched on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":15508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bLrsaJvHLjA","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/binaugurazionealberoeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/binaugurazionealberoint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45907"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cEvery year, I must say, they do an excellent job choosing the ornaments, and the decorations change every year.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u201cWe were surprised to find ourselves here, at the inauguration of the manger.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u201cIt's a sign of hope for sure. [This tradition] is at least one thing that hasn't changed.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u201cI hope people will also understand that this Christmas must be different because of Covid.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n