A very happy Christmas to all readers. The Times will not be published on Monday, Boxing Day, and will be back on the newsstands on Tuesday. The Sunday Times will be out tomorrow, Christmas Day. Picture shows a detail from Fr Edgar Vella’s Neapolitan crib.

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