Comments on: The Pooping Log and Other Strange Christmas Customs

By: fakinasjol

fakinasjol — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:25:26 +0000

Well, I am Spanish myself and it’s the first time I heard such a thing. I am perfectly familiar with the craping figurine that you place along with the nativity, shepherds, sheep, the three Wise Men, angels, houses, and the silver foil river, but it’s the first time I hear about this song the gift-inducing S&M ritual. Weird stuff…

By: Evilbeagle

Evilbeagle — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 11:42:06 +0000

I am from a Cuban/Spanish family, and you would be surprised how many of our curse words and other imagery involve poop. It doesn’t bother me one bit.

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 04:55:56 +0000

Raina_c, it’s not about bathroom humor. These are actually deeply set cultural traditions in Catalan. I must admit that I admire the parallels they have with Christianity and the act of taking a dump.

By: raina_c

raina_c — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 04:41:39 +0000

I think it’s disgusting. I’m not a fan of bathroom humor at all.

By: Evilbeagle

Evilbeagle — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:31:33 +0000

I want a pooping figurine to put in the corner somewhere in the house all year.

By: liphttam1

liphttam1 — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:05:34 +0000

your gonna poop and then were gonna burn YOU!!

By: violet

violet — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:33:36 +0000

redundant?

By: Gail Pink

Gail Pink — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:46:55 +0000

Too strange not to be true!

By: Bodgetastic

Bodgetastic — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:14:02 +0000

For more pooping log goodness, there’s also this article from BoingBoing circa 2004.

http://www.boingboing.net/2004/12/12/have-a-coprophilic-c.html

By: nate

nate — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:55:09 +0000

Best tradition ever. I wonder if this is related to the Pinata at all.

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:00:21 +0000

Seems my last comment was removed, I guess I could have used the word “poop” instead. I wanted to add that the Catalonian’s had a saying which translates to “Eat well; Poop hard”!

By: Rocky Rook

Rocky Rook — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:45:42 +0000

I remember seeing this on a Teletubby video my kids were watching. I thought it was the strangest tradition. No wonder kids love bathroom jokes with traditions like this!

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:41:00 +0000

I would also like to add that the Catalonian’s also have a tradition of placing a figure like Santa Clause squatting down taking a dump beside baby Jesus in their nativity scenes. They also have a saying which translates into “Eat well; shit hard”!