Very Big Nativity Scene – level 3

06-12-2017 15:00

Craftsmen from the city of Aubagne in southern France joined forces to create a Christmas nativity scene of 3,500 terracotta figures. Apart from the birth of Jesus, it also shows life in a French village.

The tiny figures are called santons and their creation is a popular tradition in France. People hope that the artwork will be certified as a new Guinness World Record by Christmas.

Difficult words: nativity scene (a model representing the scenes of Jesus Christ’s birth), terracotta (clay – a material for modelling), tiny (very small).

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