The pranksters struck at a Christmas market in Switzerland (Picture: CEN)

A group of pranksters have ‘ruined’ a popular nativity scene at a Christmas market – by rearranging the figures so that Mary looks like she’s performing oral sex on Joseph.

Festive revellers were definitely making the most of the Christmas spirit Friday night

The famous scene set up at the market in the picturesque Swiss city of Lucerne attracts thousands of festive visitors every year.

But visitors were given quite a sight when they saw the figures placed in the explicit positions.

The prank was branded ‘disrespectful’ by visitors and locals (Picture: CEN)

Instead of Mary caring for baby Jesus, she was performing a sex act on Joseph.


Franz Schumacher, who created the nativity scene, called the prank ‘disrespectful’ and added that it is not funny that his work has been ‘desecrated’.



He said: ‘That hurts me very much. They do not know that it offends others. But their brains cannot think that far ahead as they have probably drowned them in alcohol.’

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The Catholic Church also condemned the ‘unacceptable’ vandalism (Picture: CEN)

Some visitors couldn’t help but giggle at the scene but the majority did not enjoy the change, branding it a ‘shame.’

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One passer-by said: ‘They are really stupid people who did this. I mean, even children have had a look at this.’

The Catholic Church has also spoken out to condemn the ‘unacceptable’ vandalism.

The local spokesman for the church, Urban Schwegler said: ‘It is unacceptable to destroy the property of others. And it is also intolerable that someone violates the religious feelings of others.’