Before the month of January slips entirely through my fingers, I want to get the rest of my Epiphany photos posted.

Here are the animals waiting patiently at the creche scene at the Duomo. They await the three Wise Men and their entourages,  marking the end of the long, ceremonious cavalcade.

 

 

Once the Wise Men appear with their gifts, they are received by the magistrates of the city in a spectacular blending of church and state!

 

The gifts are taken to the living creche scene.

After all the enactment, the hundreds of balloons, something I doubt Mary and Joseph ever imagined let alone saw, are set free!

 

The entire day is a spectacle not to be missed!  I am so glad I got to see it!