Vatican lights Christmas tree and Nativity scene in St. Peter's Square

This year's 28-metre tall red fir tree comes from a forest in the Dolomite mountains on the border between Italy and Austria, in the northern Trentino region. It was chosen by the Vatican because it was harvested as part of a sustainability project and is covered with handmade wooden decorations.

The nativity scene this year was created by Peruvian artists from the country's Chopcca Nation. The lifesize figurines are made of fibreglass, maguey wood and ceramics, and are all wearing traditional Chopcca costumes.

The Three Wise Men are bringing gifts of traditional foods including indigenous cereals and quinoa and are accompanied by lifesize llamas, and baby Jesus is wrapped in a traditional blanket from Huancavelica, the region of Chopcca Nation communities in Peru.

The tree and the nativity scene can be admired until January 9, the day of the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord.

St. Peter's Square is ready for Christmas after the Christmas tree and nativity scene were lit up.

The Christmas tree is a 90-feet tall red fir tree from Andalo, in the Trentino region of northern Italy.

This year's nativity scene comes from Huancavelica, in the Peruvian Andes. It is made up of 35 figures representing its landscape and its people.