This Wednesday, December 15th, the chocolate nativity scene in the Adeje CDTCA was unveiled and will be open to the public until January 4th, from 10.30am to 1.30pm and 4.30pm to 7.30pm.
The scene has been created by ACRYE – the Canarian association of chefs and bakers - and the Tenerife Sur Rotary club in collaboration with the Adeje council, and uses over 240 kilos of chocolate, donated by the Alcampo supermarket, La Laguna.
Adeje’s mayor José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga commented: “This is a unique nativity scene, made of chocolate, which also has made a special inclusion of La Palma. It represents both Christmas and solidarity. We are lucky the creation of this chocolate nativity scene is recreated this year, and improved, given the participation of ACRYE and the Rotary Club alongside the companies who are taking part again.”
The mayor said the chocolate creation was the result of “imagination, artistic quality and illusion”.
This year the nativity scene has a special zone dedicated to the island of La Palma, as well as the expected inclusion of churches, rivers, houses, reindeer, Santa Claus and the Three Kings and of course Our Lady, St Joseph and the baby Jesus, There are also camels, bears, Christmas trees and the Star of David.
Well-known chef Pablo Pasto, president of ACRYE, explained the dimensions, “it is 27 metres tall and two metres wide and the creation has taken over 500 hours to complete. The work was undertaken by professionals and non-professionals, and the final result is proof that it was all worthwhile”.
The nativity scene is part of a charity event, with be a collection box beside it for donations to the Rotary Club’s “One Child, One meal, One book” campaign, whose president Raquel Arroyo, thanked those involved in for “their generosity in contributing to this initiative” adding that it reflected the axis of the Rotary club network, which is “serving to change lives”.
The Rotary club has an on-going campaign to ensure that all children going to school are being fed, and is currently working with over 30 schools, and have allocated between 15 and 20 thousand euros, depending on actual and existing needs.
