Happy Holidays from ARTFIXdaily

22 December 2011 - by ArtfixDaily Staff
The Christmas tree and Neapolitan Baroque crèche at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, a long-standing yuletide tradition in New York, is on view for the holiday season, through January 8, 2012.

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The Christmas tree and Neapolitan Baroque crèche at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, a long-standing yuletide tradition in New York, is on view for the holiday season, through January 8, 2012.
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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