Roosevelt Standard | 1945-12-20 | Page 9 | Christmas Crib Tradition Was Founded by Medieval Tableau in Old Naples |

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Date	1945-12-20
Paper	Roosevelt Standard
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Article Title	Christmas Crib Tradition Was Founded by Medieval Tableau in Old Naples
Type	article
Date	1945-12-20
Paper	Roosevelt Standard
Page	9
OCR Text	Show Christmas Crib Tradition Was Founded by Medieval Tableau in Old Naples In 1787, Goethe described Naples as the city of Christmas Cribs: every church had its "Praesepe" and families fami-lies erected evergreen shrines within with-in their homes and upon the flat roof-tops of their dwellings where Vesuvius and the starlit Neapolitan sky created a Hollywood-like background. back-ground. St. Francis of Assisi received special spe-cial permission from the Vatican to present a Christmas tableau in 1223. This first "Praesepe," set up in the chancel of the church in Greccio, Italy, was complete with real live animals.
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