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Tired of Christmas trees with tacky beer-can ornaments? Icicle lights? Slow drives around suburban neighborhoods just to see another inflatable Christmas character? Instead, check out these area nativity scenes and get your faith on! One of the most impressive crèches is adjacent to the city hall in Quincy, Mass. On the grounds of Hancock Cemetery—where 69 revolutionary war soldiers, former Harvard University president Leonard Hoar, and generations of the Adams and Quincy families are buried—a huge manger with a near-life-size replication of the Holy Night dominates the scene. Complete...
...Befana, a witchlike character, is said to arrive in homes on Epiphany to bring toys and sweets to good children and a lump of coal to naughty ones. Also during the holidays, all of Rome traipses from one church to another to view the ancient Nativity crèches. The oldest is believed to be the 13th century crèche of Arnolfo di Cambio, in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore. For the truly devout, the marathon midnight Mass at St. Peter's Basilica is free, but reservations are required (they can be made...