Tió de Nadal
tió de nadal catalan pronunciation tiˈo ðə nəˈðal meaning english christmas log also known simply tió log soca tronca trunk character catalan mythology relating christmas tradition widespread catalonia majorca known nadaler occitania southern france andorra aragon also called aragonese tizón de nadal toza de nadal tronca de nadal tió de nadal related tradition germanic christmas tree also bearer gift little one british yule log tizón nadal galicia cachafuòc cachofio soc de nadal occitania form tió de nadal found many catalan home holiday season hollow log cm long recently tió come stand two four stick leg broad smiling face painted higher end enhanced red sock hat miniature traditional barretina often threedimensional nose accessory added recent time altering traditional rough natural appearance piece wood beginning feast immaculate conception december one give tió little bit eat every night usually cover blanket cold story go day preceding christmas child must take good care log keeping warm feeding defecate present christmas day eve christmas day household christmas eve one put tió partly fireplace order defecate fire part tradition longer widespread since many modern home fireplace make defecate one beat tió stick singing various song tió de nadal tradition say beating tió child must leave room go another place house pray asking tió deliver lot present nowadays praying tradition left behind still child go different room usually kitchen warm stick next fire give adult time put present blanket kid praying warming stick tió drop larger object considered brought three wise men leave candy nut torrons small toy depending region catalonia may also give dried fig come tió communal rather individual gift shared everyone tió often popularly called caga tió shitting log poo log derives many song tió de nadal begin phrase originally context song imperative shit log use expression name believed part ancient tradition use discouraged song sung celebration hitting tió softly stick song hit harder word caga tió somebody put hand blanket take gift gift opened song begin many caga tió song connected holiday log following variant one popular version song bûche de noël caganer piñata yule log medium related tió de nadal wikimedia common