CATALAN: ¡Mira el caganatio... ‡‡
‡‡) “Look
at the shitting log!” NOTE: Not an insult if pointing at a Catalan Xmas
display. (However, if pointing at a specific person...If the foo shits, wear it,
as the saying goes.) El Caganatio = Lit.,
“The shitting log...” — (El) Caganatio is another Catalan Cath. Xmas trad.
A log with a face carved or painted on it is swathed in a blanket. On Xmas eve the children shout at & abuse
the log, exhorting the log to shit their
Xmas treats; when the blanket is removed
the Xmas treats are found, treats
obligingly shat out by the coprocopia known as (El) Caganatio.
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