Away in a Chocolate Manger, Record Is Born

Thirty-two pastry chefs in Naples, Italy, unveiled what they say is the biggest Nativity scene ever made entirely of chocolate.

More than 4,500 hours and almost 7,300 pounds of chocolate went into creating the creche, which is 19 feet wide, nearly 10 feet high and completely edible.

Pastry chefs, carpenters, sculptors and painters pooled their skills to produce the elaborate scene of hills, caves, houses and more than 100 figures of shepherds, animals and townspeople. The creators said they were considering donating the Nativity scene to the city so that people could taste it.