It’s estimated that around 200,000 people have come to see the sculptures in the past 15 years, according to the installation’s organisers. What’s more, it all goes to a good cause: donations from visitors to the sand nativity are given to soup kitchens in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and around £17,000 is raised each year.

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