The 73-year-old Gabrijela has devoted her entire professional life to coaching. In Postojna, she is known as one of the strictest and most talented basketball coaches. She is also a keen writer and a tour guide. 

In Postojna Cave's subterranean world, she had one of the most important roles for 24 years –she was the director and screenwriter of the Living Nativity Scenes that even the angels must obey. 

Every year since that life-changing encounter in the garden, Mr K. starts growing his beard only to be able to perform in the role of Zechariah in one of Living Nativity's most challenging scenes. Having several years' of beard-growing experience he says, “Oh, the itching in the first weeks is the hardest part”. After the six days of performances in late December, the beard must go, as Mrs Kastelic does not approve of it. The itching never stops, according to her.  

Up until this year, Majda K. was not really sure why her husband performed in the Living Nativity Scenes in the first place. At one point, she even forbid him from performing again. But it was already too late, by that time the story of the beard had already made rounds, making Mrs K. finally cave in, so this year she even decided to audition for the Living Nativity Scenes herself. At Christmas, on 25 December 2017, she will perform as Elizabeth, Zechariah's wife, for the first time. 

The 16-year-old Martina G. is studying to become a makeup artist. Her summer job pay checks end up spent on professional make up "she cannot afford" according to her sister. The busiest time of the year for her is the end of the school year – not just because it is an exam period, but also because she is the local prom makeup artist.

No or little make up for Martina during the Living Nativity Scenes period and her Instagram goes quiet too, while she dedicates herself to the role of Virgin Mary in the main scene called the Birth. After dying her hair blond earlier this year, she lost the leading role of Virgin Mary and became an angel instead. 

Although Nik Č. had absolutely no problems transforming into the role of Joseph, his Metal Camp wristbands, stacked on top of one another on his left wrist after each of his annual festival visits, were not something he was willing to negotiate on. The director had to cave in to the star performer's foible, but secretly she always admits Nik Č. is one of her favourite performers. 

Not long ago, Nik Č. signed a new employment contract and did not feel comfortable asking for a week off during his first month on the job, so he had to hand over his role to his successor, the next Joseph. 

In February 2014, Slovenia was hit by a devastating sleet storm and Postojna was completely paralysed for a week. It was also the first week in a new place for a Nigerian Anthony B. There were not exactly many people seen around the town during this time – the only ones to wander about were him and Gabrijela. And that was enough. Gabrijela came up to him. "I was scared because she looks stern," says Anthony. She offered him a role, he accepted it and became one of kings – the Three Wise Men – in the Living Nativity Scenes. 

The contact name shown on Anthony's phone, as he gets a call from a friend with whom he has a coffee or two almost every day, is ”Matej – king”. Matej K. became a performer when he saw the devotion of his father, who opposes his mom's wishes for the sake of the Nativity Scenes, letting his beard grow out. The third king is Marino S., a local artist, who joined the Nativity Scenes “just for fun”. Their scene is known to be the most fun of all (especially when the lights are turned off and the performance moves to the next scene). Even outside the cave, they are inseparable, and it did not take long for them to be nicknamed "the three laughing men" by the people who had a pleasure of talking to them.