Christmastime in Naples: Jesus, Mary and Ronaldo

Even today, Maradona is nobly featured in nearly every presepe shop on the street

Up and down this cramped pedestrian street there are little clay statues of Cristiano Ronaldo, unmistakable in their form: legs spread shoulder-width apart, arms shooting at the ground, hair gelled into a luscious wave.

There are also fat Ronaldos; weirdly skinny Ronaldos; Ronaldos with faces that resemble “The Scream”, by Edvard Munch; and many, many other Ronaldos that, in general, look very little like the actual Ronaldo.

There are also fat Ronaldos; weirdly skinny Ronaldos; Ronaldos with faces that resemble “The Scream”, by Edvard Munch; and many, many other Ronaldos that, in general, look very little like the actual Ronaldo.

Together, the