How do we celebrate Christmas in Granollers and in Catalonia?

Well, we do certainly have our own traditions! First of all we have "El Caga Tió".This is maybe the most Catalan tradition of all: It is a trunk that the children feed for a week or two before Christmas and on Christmas Eve, they beat it with a stick singing a song: " Caga tió, caga torró,d'avellana o pinyó".. ( Shit, old trunk, sweets made of hazel nut...) Then, the trunk "shits" little presents and Christmas sweets for all the children.

We also make "El Pessebre":
In most of the houses, people put small figures of the Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph and the holy child on scenes, as if it were Bethlehem 2000 years ago. However, some figures of Catalan tradition are always present: shepherds, priests and obviously: El Caganer (again, there is always a man shitting in all Pessebres) .We, Catalans, have a special attraction for all things related to going to the toilet!!!! But, the big presents are brought by the three Wise Men: They come on the fifth of January to all the houses were the children have behaved. If they haven't the Three Wise Men will only bring them some coal.








Merry Christmas to you all!