On Sunday, December 15, the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum will host a day of holiday celebration. Beginning with Christmas Breakfast Buffet at 11:30 a.m., the day will include games and treats for the whole family. The museum will also unveil its newly enhanced presepio (nativity scene).
The tradition of the presepio began in 326 AD when Emperor Constantine built the Basilica of the Nativity, but it was St. Francis of Assisi, in 1223 AD, who made them popular with the common people. Through the centuries since, these nativity scenes have become closely associated with the city of Naples.
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