One
of my holiday goals this year was to integrate some new traditions from other
cultures.
Poland – pajaki….check.
Lithuania – himmeli…check.
Spain – pooping
log ….what the?
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| A Whole Lotta Poopin Going On. Link |
So
I should back up.
Over a year ago I wrote a post about a golden pooping gnome.
There was also a golden mooning gnome with his butt in the air, but we are just talking about the
pooping one for right now.
Shortly after that post a lovely reader by the name
of Sylvia sent me an email informing me that the aforementioned gnome was
actually a Christmas decoration. Because, apparently, pooping things are a
Christmas tradition in parts of Spain, Catalonia in particular. “You can buy
small statues of little boys and girls squatting and letting out presents. On
Christmas eve little children hit the logs with faces until they poop the presents.
It is a great tradition! ”
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| Tio, is that you? Link |
Tradition! Tradition. TRADDDDDITION! (I realize you can’t hear me right now, but I’m singing
along to that song from Fiddler on the Roof. You know the one).
So,
for a second there, I just assumed Sylvia was probably nuts. Turns out she is
not. Sylvia was speaking the truth. There is indeed a Catalonian Christmas log
and it poops presents. Actually, children beat it and sing meany-pants taunting songs, and
then it poops presents. His name is Tio de Nadal.
Oh man,
and you thought your family was weird.
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Thank you for this informative, yet entertaining bit of information. Next year I intend on incorporating this into our family traditions. The family that shits together, sticks together. :)
ReplyDeleteI thought "Festivas" was a little on the quirky side, but this has got to be the greatest celebration since white bread!!! I'm really doing this next Christmas!!!
ReplyDeleteshould consider putting a cagoner in a nativity scene :) that'll really throw 'em off
ReplyDeletePeaches, thank you so much for this laugh and all the others through the year. Merry Christmas! (and a belated Happy Hanukkah)
ReplyDeleteMy rabbits leave me lots of gifts every day. I am thrilled with each one.
ReplyDeletetesting
ReplyDeleteoh my god. i want one so bad.
ReplyDeleteheheheeee! We would like to meet the person who started it all!
ReplyDeleteWhaaat? How did I get to be such an advanced age and not know about this? I don't think I'll be adopting this tradition.
ReplyDeletelol I am so celebrating this next year!
ReplyDeleteOh wow, I needed a good laugh like that today. The song about Tio de Nadal that's posted on Wikipedia is the best. I read the old gnome post, too, and aside from really wanting to be exactly like your old neighbors, I wondered if you'd ever found a vomiting gnome. A quick image search brought up this guy, but alas, no statues you can gold leaf.
ReplyDeleteHow fun! My boyfriend's son created the show this rainbow vomiting gnome is on! (Gravity Falls) lol. It is indeed a small world. :-)
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