{"id":49900,"date":"2017-12-22T09:49:05","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T08:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1.romereports.com\/2017\/12\/22\/live-nativity-scene-opens-in-rome\/"},"modified":"2017-12-22T09:49:05","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T08:49:05","slug":"live-nativity-scene-opens-in-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2017\/12\/22\/live-nativity-scene-opens-in-rome\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Nativity scene opens in Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not all Nativity scenes are made of clay figures and glittery stars. This live display in Rome perfectly recreates every tiny detail of the story<strong> using real people and animals<\/strong>. It will remain open until January 6.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gladiators, craftsmen, merchants, visitors...even King Herod. The show was met with curious stares from hundreds of children from different schools.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>GLADIATOR<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>\u201cI'm in charge of the centurions. My job is very complicated. It's to observe, above all, especially during this time.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>All of these elements in a unique place make it<strong> an almost-real journey to the Nativity scene<\/strong> of 2,000 years ago. In each place is a craftsman in charge of a different trade.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CRAFTSMAN 1<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>\u201cIn order to make sweaters, first I have to ball up the yarn to make it softer so it's easier to work with later.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>CRAFTSMAN 2<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>\u201cIt's important that these shoes be comfortable and good for walking.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Like any other Nativity display in the world, baby Jesus was essential, as he was closely monitored by Mary and Joseph.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOSEPH AND MARY<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>\u201cIt's exciting to see your son here, not conceived, but sent by the Lord and announced by the angel Gabriel.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe have him in our arms, it's a beautiful feeling.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The ox and donkey were also looking on. It was a scene so beautiful that the children couldn't help but sing Christmas carols to them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Without a doubt, it was a special Nativity full of emotions that made it easier for the little ones to understand what life was like during Jesus' birth.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 22, 2017. It will remain open throughout the Christmas season until January 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":24519,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WhpW5hLpX3E","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpresepeliveeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bpresepeliveint.mp4","type":"none","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49900"}],"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=49900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}