An Artisan’s Gift to L’Aquila
L’Aquila’s Christmas-market booths are backdropped by scaffolded buildings, devastated in the 2009 earthquake. A towering Christmas tree laced with dim twinkling lights in the main square stands tall in front of the scaffolded cathedral, the long arm of a huge crane stretched over it, like a cumbersome arm. But the Christmas gift-giving has started in…