Photo Story: Christmas nativity scene created by retired Polish train drivers

Details of the Christmas nativity scene created by retired train drivers Miroslaw Kurdasinski and Wlodzimierz Poplawski on display in the Bernardine Fathers Church in Piotrkow Trybunalski, central Poland during the Christmas holidays.

Retired train drivers Miroslaw Kurdasinski (L) and Wlodzimierz Poplawski (R) .

Via EPA-EFE/Grzegorz Michalowski

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