#caganer

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My Nativity scene:

Here is a photo of my Nativity scene. I have added close-up photos with the names of the most important scenes in case there are readers from a non-Christian cultural background who aren't familiar with nativity scenes.

Some people make very elaborate nativity scenes, with dozens of figurines representing all the shepherds and artisans doing old-time jobs... In my home we don't have that many, but I have the basic scenes.

On the night of December 24th (or the morning of December 25th, if we went to sleep before midnight) we'll add Baby Jesus (for now we're keeping him hidden behind the stable). From then until January 6th, the Three Wise Men move a few steps every day, until they reach the stable where Jesus was born on January 6th to bring presents. And, since we're a Catalan family, we have the pooper figure (el caganer).

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Elf on the Shelf goes full Caganer.

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🎅🎄 Personnages du folklore de Noël dans différentes cultures. Partie 3

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Uh, hapy crismas

Bye

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Today’s Peterness is focused on his sexy legs.

Here’s part 1.

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If you were looking at nativity scenes in Spain, you would notice a man pooping.  The Caganer is an interesting figure in Catalonian Christmas celebrations. His name translates to something like “The Crapper” and he is usually found tucked away in the corner of the manger scene taking care of business.

El Caganer can be found in Christmas nativity scenes, but not in the manger. He’s usually tucked away somewhere, presenting his gift to baby Jesus, so to say.

He usually wears the traditional Catalonian red cap, a white peasant shirt and squats with his pants pulled down and a pile of excrement on the ground behind him.

There are many styles to choose from.

You can even get American political figures and celebrities. 

The caganer was traced as a folk-art character to the 16th century.

The story goes that he became popular as a nativity figure in the 19th century. Catalonians have “an abiding taste” for scatological humor and place the value of a “good crap” on level with that of a “good meal.” An old Catalonian folk saying goes “Menjar be, cagar fort, I no tingues por de la mort” or “Eat well, shit strongly, and you will have no fear of death.”

This stall at the Christmas fair (fira de nadal) in front of the Barcelona Cathedral sells crèches and caganers.

https://sjeanwriteswordpress.wordpress.com/2018/12/21/why-do-catalonian-nativity-scenes-feature-a-man-pooping-travel/