Wierdest Christmas Traditions

[ponderingturtle]

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - The Virgin Mary. The three kings. A few wayward sheep. These are the figures one expects to find in a traditional Christmas nativity scene. Not a smartly dressed peasant squatting behind a rock with his rear-end exposed.

Yet statuettes of "El Caganer," or the great defecator in the Catalan language, can be found in nativity scenes, and increasingly on the mantelpieces of collectors, throughout Spain's northeastern Catalonia region, where for centuries symbols of defecation have played an important role in Christmas festivities
(http://apnews.myway.com/article/20061221/D8M4U9AO0.html)

[Ladewig]

Oh my! I made the mistake of doing a google image search. Yikes.

[Katana]

Oh my! I made the mistake of doing a google image search. Yikes.

:seerrrr:

"Yikes" just about covers it.

[Beleth]

I have finally found a holiday avatar.

[Metullus]

I have finally found a holiday avatar.
You do, one hopes, bring your own chair when visiting friends and family at Christmas, no?

[Spindrift]

I used to think Festivus was great, but this is even better!

I hope the "Great Defecator" isn't responsible for leaving things in their stockings!

[Metullus]

I used to think Festivus was great, but this is even better!

I hope the "Great Defecator" isn't responsible for leaving things in their stockings!When I was a kid and I got a lump of coal I was disappointed. Now I think I was lucky...

[patchbunny]

I have finally found a holiday avatar.

Is the avatar supposed to look so shocked and alarmed? Has he never pooped before?

[Beleth]

Hey, maybe he's never been caught before.

Or maybe he's on Backwards Planet.

[patchbunny]

Hey, maybe he's never been caught before.

Or maybe he's on Backwards Planet.
Or he was in a hurry and forgot to drop his drawers.

(Was that the name? Was going to make a joke but couldn't think of the planet name. Curse you, Grant, for making it obvious!!!)