UPI en Español  |   UPI Asia  |   About UPI  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Obama a hit among Italian nativity scenes

|
 
Published: Dec. 4, 2008 at 1:44 PM

NAPLES, Italy, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A vendor spokesman in Naples, Italy, says police shut down a shopping area offering nativity figurines, including one of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama.

The unidentified spokesman said police shut down the Via San Gregorio Armeno shopping area of the city in an attempt to stop certain open-air vendors who are suspected of operating without authorization, the Italian news agency, ANSA, reported Wednesday.

Among the nativity statue offerings set to be offered by the Christmas vendors were ones featuring the U.S president-elect. Also included in the holiday theme are Inter Milan soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic and his coach, Jose Mourinho.

Model Carla Bruni, wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, also has a nativity statue in her honor, as does Sarkozy and Naples soccer star Ezequiel Lavezzi.

ANSA said the vendor dispute was settled after negotiations between vendors and local officials, leaving legal vendors to once again offer their celebrity holiday wares.

Topics: Barack Obama, Zlatan Ibrahimovic
© 2008 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
'Star Trek Into Darkness' screening NBC upfronts Met Ball 2013
'Great Gatsby' premieres in New York Spire raised on top of One WTC 2013: Celebrity break ups and divorces
Additional Odd News Stories
Your Daily Horoscope
The almanac
1 of 14
The 2013 Billboard Music Awards
View Caption
Singer Miley Cyrus arrives at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 19, 2013. UPI/Jim Ruymen
fark
Best Korea fires 6th missile into the sea. Reports say that the Ocean is winning but is taking on...
Saturday, May 18th: The state of Iowa has gone 358 days without a tornado. Sunday, May 19th: The...
Having to calm down the teller is sign No. 1 that your bank robbery is going badly
Chicken and ale theft. It's your Mugshot Roundup in the 1870s
The twelve most significant moments in the history of pizza. Missing from the list: the advent of...
The pope goes to Church to catch up on sleep, just like every other Catholic