Scatalogical Christmas traditions reign in Catalonia

In Spain’s northeast region of Catalonia, Santa Claus is not the protagonist during Christmas time. Instead, kids have a magical wooden log that — on Christmas Eve — gives them presents by, well, “pooping” them out. And that’s not the only scatological Christmas tradition particular to the region. The World’s Lucía Benavides has this story from Barcelona’s oldest Christmas market.