Olomouc Advent - Mechanical nativity scene in Šantovce

In the past, the period before Christmas used to be more of a time of calm and anticipation of the joyful event, the birth of Jesus Christ. This is how historians and tradition worshipers tell us. However, modern times have turned Christmas into a holiday of consumerism, the pre-Christmas period into a time of shopping and searching for everything possible and impossible. Personally, I confess that from the modern era of Christmas, I like the markets and stalls in the squares the most, and especially the…