A CHRISTMAS TRADITION IN ROME: THE STREET CLEANERS NATIVITY SCENEA must-visit presepe or nativity scene is that built by Rome’s Netturbini or street cleaners of AMA, the municipal waste management company. Located just minutes from St. Peter’s Square on a small side street, Via dei Cavalleggeri, this is actually open all year around. Many have called this “the Pope’s presepe” over the years as Pope John Paul visited the AMA manger all but the last two years of his 26-year pontificate. Other visitors have included Pope Benedict XVI, Mother Teresa of Calcutta and a succession of Rome’s mayors and Italian...