http://jasongriffey.net/wp/2008/12/10/caga-tio/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:50:45 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://jasongriffey.net/wp/2008/12/10/caga-tio/#comment-2605 Pattern Recognition » Blog Archive » PatRec from Christmas Past – Caga Tio Fri, 24 Dec 2010 15:13:48 +0000 http://www.jasongriffey.net/wp/?p=1577#comment-2605 [...] back in 2008 I wrote up my absolute favorite Christmas tradition, from Cataluna in Spain: Caga Tio. If you don’t know about this _awesome_ tradition, you [...] [...] back in 2008 I wrote up my absolute favorite Christmas tradition, from Cataluna in Spain: Caga Tio. If you don’t know about this _awesome_ tradition, you [...]

]]> http://jasongriffey.net/wp/2008/12/10/caga-tio/#comment-1706 Pattern Recognition » Blog Archive » Blast from holidays past Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:26:36 +0000 http://www.jasongriffey.net/wp/?p=1577#comment-1706 [...] The Story of Caga Tió Catalan families go into the woods and find a Christmas Log (Tió de Nadal) to bring into their home. It’s painted or otherwise decorated with a face, and wrapped in a blanket. Over the weeks before Christmas, the Caga Tió is fed sweets and other treats, in order to get him ready for the command performance on Christmas. After weeks of being fed, the Caga Tió is ready. He is then beaten with sticks by the children of the family until he poops out treats for the children, usually in the form of the Catalan treat called turron. Yes…the log poops out the children’s treats, which they then consume. Caga Tió literally translates into “Pooping Log”. [...] [...] The Story of Caga Tió Catalan families go into the woods and find a Christmas Log (Tió de Nadal) to bring into their home. It’s painted or otherwise decorated with a face, and wrapped in a blanket. Over the weeks before Christmas, the Caga Tió is fed sweets and other treats, in order to get him ready for the command performance on Christmas. After weeks of being fed, the Caga Tió is ready. He is then beaten with sticks by the children of the family until he poops out treats for the children, usually in the form of the Catalan treat called turron. Yes…the log poops out the children’s treats, which they then consume. Caga Tió literally translates into “Pooping Log”. [...]

]]> http://jasongriffey.net/wp/2008/12/10/caga-tio/#comment-1705 Patrick Herron Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:15:59 +0000 http://www.jasongriffey.net/wp/?p=1577#comment-1705 Actually it seems uncannily similar to any christmas tree tradition. You bring it into your home, laden it with fruits, then one magical day after burdening it with the weight of fruits it bears gifts beneath it. thenyou burn it for warmth, unless it's an artificial tree. the sticks and poop are odd but then it seems a little more harmonious with nature to include some poop and some prodding. Actually it seems uncannily similar to any christmas tree tradition. You bring it into your home, laden it with fruits, then one magical day after burdening it with the weight of fruits it bears gifts beneath it. thenyou burn it for warmth, unless it's an artificial tree. the sticks and poop are odd but then it seems a little more harmonious with nature to include some poop and some prodding.

]]> http://jasongriffey.net/wp/2008/12/10/caga-tio/#comment-1704 jupiterjenkins.com » stuff I have been looking at online Sat, 27 Dec 2008 12:18:42 +0000 http://www.jasongriffey.net/wp/?p=1577#comment-1704 [...] My wife and I were skeptical about the Catalan Xmas practice of the Caga Tió or  ”pooping log.” But it seems to be real. I ran across it on Pattern Recognition. [...] [...] My wife and I were skeptical about the Catalan Xmas practice of the Caga Tió or  ”pooping log.” But it seems to be real. I ran across it on Pattern Recognition. [...]

]]> http://jasongriffey.net/wp/2008/12/10/caga-tio/#comment-1703 Patrick Herron Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:20:25 +0000 http://www.jasongriffey.net/wp/?p=1577#comment-1703 Actually it seems uncannily similar to any christmas tree tradition. You bring it into your home, laden it with fruits, then one magical day after burdening it with the weight of fruits it bears gifts beneath it. thenyou burn it for warmth, unless it's an artificial tree. the sticks and poop are odd but then it seems a little more harmonious with nature to include some poop and some prodding. Actually it seems uncannily similar to any christmas tree tradition. You bring it into your home, laden it with fruits, then one magical day after burdening it with the weight of fruits it bears gifts beneath it. thenyou burn it for warmth, unless it’s an artificial tree. the sticks and poop are odd but then it seems a little more harmonious with nature to include some poop and some prodding.

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