For a number of weeks now, there have been some mysterious goings on in an unused church around the corner from our house. If I passed by at night time, I could sometimes see lights and hear muffled voices. Once or twice there was also a strange sound of sawing and hammering...All was revealed this week when Alhaurin's famous nativity model was unveiled. Sue and I popped round to the little church this evening to see it, and it is very impressive: the entire church is filled with a large model showing things like the Bethlehem census, the birth of Jesus, the angels appearing to the shepherds, the visit of the wise men, the flight to Egypt, Jesus' childhood in Nazareth, etc. Now we know what was being prepared in secret for so many weeks. Those who visit the model are invited to bring rice, oil or sugar, which will be given to bless refugees this Christmas.
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