Did you know, in Catalonia (part of Spain) at christmas time Santa Claus doesn't come?
-What? Catalan childrens are so bad?
Noo, well...聽just sometimes. But the real reason is because Santa do a lot of work around the world, and here he have a friend聽called Caga Ti贸, who literally means "Pooping Log".
-A Pooping log! What? Explain me all about this crazy character...
The story has it that Caga Ti贸 arrives at the doorstep in early December. Those he visits are expected to take him in and take care of him in the run-up to Christmas Day. Children are told to feed聽Caga Ti贸 dry bread, orange peel or dried beans, and in the days just before Christmas, children are told to take extra care of Caga Ti贸 if they want him to bear gifts on Christmas day.
-A log tree as a pet? And what happen when is Christmas Day, they put him in inside the chimeney?
Nooo! This is where it becomes fascinating. In order for the Caga Ti贸 to produce his gifts, children are instructed to beat him with a wooden stick and sing to him, ordering him to poop presents.
-Wow, these catalan children are very crazy against logs! And what they sing?
This is the most common and short version of the song, pay attention!
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Lyrics in catalan:
Caga ti贸, caga ti贸 de nadal
avellanes i torrons
no caguis arengades
que s贸n massa salades
caga torrons que s贸n m茅s bons
Caga ti贸
avellanes i torrons
si no vols cagar et donar茅 un cop de bast贸, ben fort,
caga ben fort鈥β燙aga ti贸!
Lyrics in english:
Log of Christmas, Log of Christmas
poop nougats,
don鈥檛 poop herrings,
they are too salty,
poop nougats
they are much better!
Poop, log,
poop nougats聽(turr贸n),
if you don鈥檛 poop well,
I鈥檒l hit you with a stick, very strong,
poop strong, log!
-Amazing lyrics! But okay let's go fast, where is hided Caga Ti贸 in this wood?
Did you sang all the catalan song? How many times did you said each word? Simply, change the word for these numbers. Bon nadal!
N 53掳 10. ((ti贸)+4)聽((torrons)+5)聽(bast贸)
W 006掳 33. ((nadal)-1) (avellanes) (caga)
