Of the nativities scene makers fans of his work come from all over italy to get a photo with him. His momma also known as propecia or little dolls can hardly believe she spent fifty years packing up the Three Wise Men and other figurines. Meanwhile marcos nephew daveed wonders how hes going to paint two dozen masks for the pooch another figurine by the seeming but his other uncle says you have to pull out all the stops for the customers you know this is pushing the symbol of naples. That marco even has the edge on publicize the stunts were going to spend a few days or you know and his family holiday gowda i think all that cleared up more joy tonight we want to see how they cope with the prechristian a stress on vs an gregorio out of may know. The orders are coming thick and fast the christmas rush is intense but marco is the epitome of calm. Marco is working on an order fifteen lots of jesus mary and joseph they are all supposed to be identical. Because a new guy is giving the cribs a quick trim its not exactly a fine art. Mean of each all the same or shun them when you. But just when things threaten to get boring beyond joel and rico are there to boost flagging spirits in the last eighteen days before christmas they work their way through sun craig oriel our man oh giving a blessing to the artist since we were not out on one of the shooting mother she trotted out our. Little Christmas Carols and Conveyor Belt cribs are yesterdays news for many as. Theyre more interested in star power the goal of the war was affecting this ship the royals Fairless Coney and some feel the rent. She wants visited marco in person so did poverty Opera Singers t. V. And football stars are a booming business if only his family could keep up. But i dont miss that out of it. When i walk around the clock i cook im the mama i was a wife i do it all anything else but you. Full steam ahead and the moneys pouring in three days before christmas the number of last minute orders are mounting including ones from customers who want to have themselves modeled in terra cotta. The latest project a tie in celebrity chef rubio was brought to bear on her mother to her the proud of her. Marcos cousin luke also needs to pull out all the stops all all. All. All the man with tattoos has his own remedy for coping with the christmas stress. Get caught the. Consumer shows the old. Mission in. His job is to make all the tiny glass size in marcos figurines. Thank. You. For what ive done nothing but class size for fourteen years. In a book the. Single coolest thing i like it i have eyes everywhere eyes are symbolic of everything i do ive got loads eyes here eyes there eyes everywhere that will say in. The figurines used in the name of politan nativities scenes are called puss story the word actually means shepherd but in naples it refers to any figurine. Its a centuries old craft that also provides a good story for photojournalists in the run up to Christmas Young artists like jude looked good in the papers shes learning the traditional handcraft from marco. A lot thats i mean if i think that about the head is made of terra cotta out with glass eyes which look a mix of the hands and feet or wouldnt the body has a flexible iron skeleton covered with hemp is that for most of the proportions are based on leonardo da vincis famous drawing you know she was so you have exactly the same distance between the outstretched arms and between the head and feet forty centimeters each way. For to and for. Very good so marco is the great pass story artist the theater director if youre lying but where is his stage. Nella says we can find a stage builder just around the corner the first alley on the left by the oriental negativity seen with its onion domes and camels and. Then right back to the loneliest corner of the old convent. Santa magellan a sunday jewel daily but i. Artists and mario says the nuns gave him this little cage as a workshop no one really knows whether thats actually true. With just three days to go until christmas hes not having a good time the main fuse keeps popping out with the patience of a saint he goes over and pushes it back in umpteen times a day. His Guardian Angels have never let him down yet his business still stands mario says making nativities scenes is a service to god but she ends up with stuff through everything. At primary things ok. All of. The backdrops that he creates for nativities scenes look pretty wild mario says thats because before christ came the whole world was in spiritual ruins it seems a little over the top but without the press epic as locals call their nativities scenes naples wouldnt be naples and mario wouldnt be mario you know my unit off and its very difficult its as if i were communicating directly with the nativity scene its a real journey of the imagination how does he oh. Yeah. Michael has no time for imaginary journeys or communicating with his figurines his nephew debbie did needs to make a delivery. So you collect two hundred euros off you go. I said to her feeding. Station the right fresh look at. The folks that are. Thats it. Moment no thats not and you the one i wanted had different wings and no thats the right one. They dont look quite beautiful does not know look theyre going to have a bit more. It wasnt my job signora i didnt even know it was an angel. Good paying customers in pussy to pull the wealthy district of naples can sometimes be difficult. Mario our other nativities he maker is also earning a few extra euros here before christmas. To top it still. Hes come to teach the children how to build a meet to vittie see michael so all they think of this one. Warm. Up with the little man but tell me do you like building a pivot he seems. You know one well that was clear enough but while the plastic container is ok for the children it all seems a little antiquated. To one of them what do you think maria will it be a Virtual Press f. E one day electronic nativity is what houses that move with escalators and all kinds of electronic things only get. No no no no press says he will always be the same. Throwing him out of cork and wood for all eternity as tradition dictates we wouldnt want to see the Three Wise Men with cell phones know what the course of what they followed the star of bethlehem thats what led them to christs birth place. I doubt it had navvies then but all of this here or what occurs here. Marios one concession to the twenty First Century through a small motorized pump for the front. And back of the vs and gregorio out of may know its been a long hard day in the workshops but naples is far from settling down for the night. Out oh oh. Oh. If i have. Marcos nephew whos a fan of you ventus sure and a cardinal sin in naples is going out. And just going out with a couple of friends ok who he has been a teacher too thin for winter want to tell it was somebody. With spine mom and she took in the car only a moped he had just one thing the quad momento drive too fast that. Is just too cool young hip hoppers meet in front of the nativities slowly it could only happen in naples. At the other end of the city some other hip hop fans are dancing at home. Luka the glass eye specialist isnt just a fan of the music he also wraps himself. In the. Story. That. Was once a rebel teenager on the wild streets of naples now he has a job wife and family but hes still married to his music. I only make protest music im not interested in making money or a profit or you can go to my house and. Look as long standing friend ana is his rap partner welcome even though hes really a nice place that needs to be more from a hot start again. And that. Both of them have one great hero a hip hop legend from new york. Like many young people in naples two packs a cooler med and early death right. Since and he was a man of the streets none of us are saints and yes evil socalled is somehow appealing to me but i try to do good things even if i look mean and ugly im actually a nice guy at home with my family im passing on the values of christmas and good neapolitan tradition. Luca is clearly a rapper with a big heart. And even d. V. D. Surrounded by women and reveling in the naples nightlife insists that the nativities figurines in the Family Business is more important to him than the bars even if his friends think hes crazy. Thats so one of his cousins who is out with him asks him why hes doing a job like that at his age whats the point he asks with him live to tell you what its about going to tell you whats important to me is carrying on my family name i really mean it even though im young and happy to hang out with you and the others im willing to make sacrifices even if its hard to get up in the morning ill still go to the workshop. Let it get to. A new day dawns in naples. June oh miss. The youll be she moved this. Case for me. To be. The woman some streets even have their own nativities see the madonna on this one was found in the garbage with bullet holes through her body no one knows why but she was lovingly restored to her proper place. That i she put in. Over us marco is still in bed but he cant stay there much longer he has to open the shop. With only two days to go until christmas. Theres just enough time to replace his bed cap with a woolly one. For. His mother and a puppet by. Marco lives in the same building. Local will also need to leave soon the glasseye expert hip hopper and devoted daddy says in the end it all comes down to one thing the worst of it imo its all for love i love the law you love for a woman for yourself. Here sweetheart take this. I want to love us have a love is the most important thing in life without love you have no life and if you have no life you cant move forward thats just how it is. So what are its. The gall the wars are keen to ship out. Its not the money and its not even the precept the or the pastoring the need to the scenes and the figurines that draw marco and all the others to son gregorio art may know each morning. Its not the fame or all the popes that marco has met. Than the bank yeah he sure you dont theres not enough protein or sophia loren its for the family and more than anyone else for marcos father. This is me at the age of six. Storm catching my dad he was such an important person and everyones dad means a lot to them but i think my dad was just that little bit more important to me before than. Marcos father died a few years ago his widow ana still misses him every day he built an altar to st antonino above the shop door. Hes going to see julian every year on june the thirteenth anniversary of scent on tony is definitely a big red for the poor people of the city for these days theres hardly anyone who goes hungry but we still do it just in memory of my husband whos happy friday. That we have to make a nice statue every year its so beautiful it keeps getting stolen by the. Marcos father giuseppi inherited the shop from his own father now marco is the one in charge. For those of us. Marco is Something Like a father to luka even if they both make jokes about their relationship so im aware were not just cousins we have the same haircut. The same haircut maybe but not the same head because what is your head is something i think what is it that. Yeah lets just say there was a time when i had to bring this boy back on to the straight and narrow. But i had a few problems that i passed. Though the. Injured a guy one time but actually he was the one who was trying to attack me then twenty years ago i was only a little gun. Actually it was two thousand and one guy was huge a mammoth of a guy and a rugby player and i got. And there was this girl that i lied but he wasnt happy about it. He told me not to turn up at our school but i went anyway so we had this fight and i really gave it to him it was so bad that i was arrested and locked up when i came out marco gave me this job and here we are. Here in my famous rehab center. By nine am everyones out and about except for one. That. The man who said to take over marcos rehab Center One Day has overslept orange juice is not enough they will need some stronger drugs. Now. What time do you call this. Oh yes this am i if it was late there are seven but is the very latest you know you know that youre always late its not on going. All the lodging both from now on for every minute that you arrive too late you stay for three minutes longer in the evening your stupid people. Needs now the morning of Christmas Eve. Daveed his mother another annamaria is doing some last minute shopping she knows everyone around here and they own love her. Car all the jewelry jewelry. On that task while they say the little seashells a good communicator. Bananas seafood walnuts just time for a chat with green grocer from call animal ria is a proud moment for. Comics a devotee works from a so he always does on a typically see as a media juice when the family always says mama thats my job i said but after my son carry on. But today davida isnt working on any nativities scenes marco has sent him out on deliveries again. Two hours before the shops close sun category you are may know is in party mood. All right. Well let me know what marco can hardly move for the customers. In the. Typical neopolitan is the customer turns up on the last day when does he know does it needs one when hes laying the table its the same with presents at six pm you find people here looking for last minute gifts on Christmas Eve and will diverge on a bone bus ticket as you can. But mario shop is not running so well. On Christmas Eve normally one of the busiest days of the year hes hardly sold anything mario goes home. Even pulled janetta has earned more than him today. And just as davida has finally got round to painting his put yellows another traditional neapolitan character comes breezing in the show the man who said to drive out evil spirits. Show show if you show her what you want to. Go over what weve in since and incantations follow the saying goes that in naples everyones born an actor and those who dont make it into the theater find their own stage show or show youre sure. Its nearly closing time while marco tries to help his last customer find the right gift juji his puppet maker is busy practicing her speech for tonights Christmas Party shes got quite an audience. She set out to. Find out. Judy is nervous and marcos team arent helping its only because of. The movie she got there are here i am again just like last year our job is to make a story and nothing is by chance we dont just work to get it for me this is one big family and marker the comedian is staring i ship my kisses from me judy he should be loud so bad he didnt. Thank. You. I would try those i was was. Room. To. Room. With the busiest three days before christmas now finally over marco shuts up the shop its time to celebrate. The its. Would like to have worn the dickie bow for the christmas dinner with his parents but he only has one shirt with a collar and he couldnt find it anywhere. That i should put. On the strike of midnight lays baby jesus in the manger hailing the official start to christmas according to neapolitan tradition. And vs son in gregorio author main street of the nativities scene makers is finally quiet. This would. Mean oh no. Chew. Through. In good shape. On this edition were going to talk about keep reflex. First it hurts a bit then the pain doesnt go away and after that it gets worse when physiotherapy medications dont help anymore its time to hit the you are when is the right time to go for surgery. In good shape thirty minutes w. 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