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Caga Tio: The World's Misunderstood Yule Log

Stewriffic — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:49:48 -0800

Caga Tio: The World's Misunderstood Yule Log (NSFW) El Tío de Nadal, better known as Caga Tío, is a Catalan Christmas tradition. On Christmas day or, depending on the particular household, on Christmas eve, you put the ‘tió’ partly into the fireplace and order it to “poo”. To make him “poo”, you beat him with sticks, while singing various songs of Tió de Nadal. caga tió, caga torró, avellanes i mató, si no cagues bé et daré un cop de bastó. caga tió!" (poop log, poop turrón, hazelnuts and cottage cheese, if you don't poop well, I'll hit you with a stick, poop log!) Videos of Caga Tio in action. Also, don't forget the other fecally festive Catalan holiday tradition, the Caganer.

digital christmas

jann — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 19:38:58 -0800

A Yule Log for your iPod. If you don't live in the New York area, and you have one of those fancy video iPods, you can now download some holiday cheer from Channel 11. (Their Yule Log phenomenon was previously discussed here.) For more information about Yule Log traditions, wikipedia features in depth articles on both the traditional and the modern. [Inspired by logging out of gmail.]

The Best Thing on Television in 2002

ZenMasterThis — Mon, 30 Dec 2002 07:16:20 -0800

The Best Thing on Television in 2002 The WPIX Yule Log makes its triumphant return.