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The year 2020 has been a bruiser, thanks in large part to the COVID-19 pandemic. So it seems that if Darth Vader were ever going to turn up in the Vatican’s Nativity scene, it would be in the 2020 Christmas season.
However, that was not the case. The Vatican’s Christmas display doesn’t literally include a statue of the “Star Wars” villain, although some have made that comparison:
Vatican Darth Vader nativity scene gets earthly thumbs down https://t.co/mKwiikqneU
Every year, the Vatican puts up a different Nativity display, oftentimes drawing from various Italian towns. This year, the display comes from Castelli, a community in the Abruzzo region.
The Vatican’s nativity scene is unveiled in St. Peter’s Square Dec. 11, 2020. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.
Vatican City, Dec 15, 2020 / 02:00 pm (CNA).- Since it was unveiled last Friday, the Vatican’s nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square has elicited diverse reactions on social media, many of them strongly negative.
“So the Vatican presepe has been unveiled….turns out 2020 could get worse…” wrote art historian Elizabeth Lev in a post that went viral on Twitter. “Presepe” is the word for manger scene in Italian.
But Marcello Mancini, a teacher at the art institute where the ceramic nativity set was made, defended it, telling CNA that “many [art] critics have appreciated this work” over the years.
2020 Vatican nativity display draws comparisons to âStar Warsâ scene
By Catherine Park
2020 Vatican nativity scene inauguration
Inauguration of the Nativity scene and lighting of the Christmas tree in the Vatican on Dec. 11. 2020. (Credit:Â Vatican News via Storyful)
The Vatican’s 2020 nativity scene, which has been different every year for the past decade, was unveiled on Dec. 11. Since then, it has drawn mixed reactions on social media, with some critics thrown by its futuristic style.
Some critics even compared the unconventional nativity to a scene from “Star Wars.”
The ceramic statues, all of which hold “cultural heritage not immediately visible to the eye,” according to the Vatican News, have been the target of harsh remarks, with some likening one of the statues to Darth Vader.
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