Christmas -

Cute watercolor Nativity, soft and tender. Inside a rocky grotto (grotta), a wooden manger (mangiatoia) of straw cradles Gesù Bambino, a tiny halo glow. The Madonna (Mary) in a sky-blue veil and white dress kneels to the left, San Giuseppe (Saint Joseph) to the right in warm earth-tones, holding a wooden staff. Behind them, the ox (bue) and the donkey (asinello) rest cozily, heads near the manger, gentle expressive eyes and soft rosy noses. Outside the cave mouth, a deep indigo night sky with twinkling stars; high above, the stella cometa (Star of Bethlehem) with a long luminous tail pointing toward the grotto. Subtle Christmas atmosphere: a soft fall of snow beyond the cave, sprigs of evergreen and holly at the edges of the entrance, a warm lantern glow, tiny starry sparkles. Warm honey light radiates from the manger, bathing faces in golden tones; serene, cute, and reverent.

Style: soft wet-on-wet watercolor washes, delicate gradients, subtle pigment blooms and granulation, natural cold‑pressed paper texture visible, minimal linework, gentle edges, a few loose white splatters for snow. Pastel yet rich palette: midnight indigo, ultramarine, ochre, raw sienna, blush pink, muted sage.

Composition: full-bleed vertical scene centered on the manger; soft foreground straw; no modern elements; balanced negative space in the night sky.

Small hand-lettered watercolor caption at the bottom, in warm gold pigment with a soft bleed:

“Gioia in fasce — Buon Natale!”

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