A Christmas Scene in Mexico City

By Gay Nagle Myers in TravelWeekly.com

Most nativity scenes take up counter space or a bookshelf. The record-breaking Christmas scene in Mexico City takes up an entire parking lot in the giant Estadio Azteca sports stadium and is bigger than four football fields.

The scene — which covers 215,000 square feet, cost $2 million to build, includes more than 5,000 figures and weighs a total of 700 tons — comprises 57 smaller scenes that recall the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem more than 2,000 years ago… Read More