This Nativity is more than 60 years old, made from Styrofoam, also known in Malta as Jablo. It was made by students (teachers in training) of the old St. Michael’s Training College which was close to our home in St Julian’s. It was crafted by various teachers and was set up in the then-parish of St. Julian’s, the old church, where it had stayed over the years. Always with a purplish light, it creates a haunting effect as it displays the various characters of the nativity story. I am sure past and present sacristans took great care of these pieces which are so fragile. But they look just as new now, 60+ years after they’ve been crafted.
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