The first time I heard about Caga Tió, or Tió de Nadal, my family was getting settled into our life abroad in Barcelona this fall. A new friend's teenage daughter was telling us about the Catalan ...
The autonomous community in Spain, Catalonia, has some very interesting Christmas traditions and celebrations that tend to begin on December 8th with the Immaculate Conception of Mary. While most of ...
Instead of Christmas trees, many in Barcelona and across Spain’s Catalan region celebrate with a Caga Tio, a log adorned with a painted face, red hat and stick legs. In the weeks leading up to ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. I want to say, "You couldn't make this stuff up." But the thing is, someone did make this stuff up. Someone, somewhere, decided on a ...
The first time I heard about Caga Tió, or Tió de Nadal, my family was getting settled into our life abroad in Barcelona this fall. A new friend's teenage daughter was telling us about the Catalan ...
Catalan holiday tradition involves a log that's fed scraps of food for several weeks leading up to Christmas. Then, it's beaten with a stick and... The first time I heard about Caga Tió, or Tió de ...