The Caga Tió is a rustic holiday tradition in Spain. Parents find a small log and paint it into a character that children keep and feed as a pet. Successively larger painted logs are secretly substituted later to make the character grow. On Christmas, the children gather around and beat the log with sticks until it pretend-poops small prizes. (Caga Tió means “poop trunk” or “poop Uncle.”) Fun!
Photo credit: Daniel Julià Lundgren
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first that:
http://www.boingboing.net/2004/12/12/
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer )
and now this?
It’s like the weirdest mashup of Logâ„¢, Mr. Hanky and a piñata. There’s just too many other references to it on the web, so it’s gotta be for real. I guess it’s cool though, seeing as it’s ForTheChildren® and all. Here’s hoping everyone got some good Christmas poo!