Tall_James
11-30-2007, 04:16 PM
Time for your holiday season threads to begin -
Apparently in the Catalonia region of Spain, they have an extra little statue in the traditional household Christmas Nativity scene that you will often find in homes during the Christmas holiday. Of course there's Mary, Joseph, the baby Jesus and assorted Wise Men and stable animals. However, they will have tucked away in the scene a statue known as a "Caganer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer)". Simply put, the Caganer is a statue of a peasant taking a shit. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer) Here is an example...
http://www.caganer.com/images/19-cm-de-catyala-caganer.jpg
"During the holiday season, pastry shops around Catalonia sell sweets shaped like feces, and on Christmas Eve Catalan children beat a hollow log, called the tio, packed with holiday gifts, singing a song that urges it to defecate presents out the other end."
Feel free to browse the online shops selling different versions of these Caganers, including some celebrities dropping mud. (http://www.caganer.com/index.php?cPath=25&language=en)
"Hey Papi, don't put that Caganer too close to the baby Jesus - he might get shit on his head!"
Apparently in the Catalonia region of Spain, they have an extra little statue in the traditional household Christmas Nativity scene that you will often find in homes during the Christmas holiday. Of course there's Mary, Joseph, the baby Jesus and assorted Wise Men and stable animals. However, they will have tucked away in the scene a statue known as a "Caganer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer)". Simply put, the Caganer is a statue of a peasant taking a shit. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer) Here is an example...
http://www.caganer.com/images/19-cm-de-catyala-caganer.jpg
"During the holiday season, pastry shops around Catalonia sell sweets shaped like feces, and on Christmas Eve Catalan children beat a hollow log, called the tio, packed with holiday gifts, singing a song that urges it to defecate presents out the other end."
Feel free to browse the online shops selling different versions of these Caganers, including some celebrities dropping mud. (http://www.caganer.com/index.php?cPath=25&language=en)
"Hey Papi, don't put that Caganer too close to the baby Jesus - he might get shit on his head!"