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El Tió de Nadal


In Europe there are many different Christmas traditions. In Poland we are waiting for the first star in the sky to start the Christmas Eve. After the dinner we look for the gifts under the Christmas tree which the Star brings us. What about the Catalan Christmas tradition? 
In Catalonia the gifts brings the Christmas log - cat. el Tió de Nadal. It is made from the wood and always wears the traditional Catalan hat. The children take care of him, give him food and put the blanket so he's not cold. Later, they sing the song and bit him with sticks and they ask him to shit the gifts:

"Caga tió,
caga torró,
avellanes i mató,

si no cagues bé 

et daré un cop de bastó.

caga tió!"
Shit, log,
shit nougats (turrón),
hazelnuts and mató cheese,
if you don't shit well,
I'll hit you with a stick,
shit, log!

 I have no doubt that the Catalan Christmas tradition is the most orginal and funny in Europe :D

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  1. Unknown9 December 2018 at 16:21

    Congratulations Urszula, your blog is so cool! It's beautiful that you write about catalan traditions, as catalan citizen I feel grateful :)

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    1. Urszula Salamon24 March 2019 at 18:53

      Thank you for your comment Dasio! I'm very happy that you like my blog ;)

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