Quote :

"The Christmas market outside the Cathedral in the Catalonia region here is much like any other holiday bazaar: carols, pine, more carols, wreathes, really annoying carols, and crèches. But for sale along with the wise men, Marys, Jesuses (Jesi?), and all our favorite Biblical folk is the "caganer" -- literally Catalan for "the shitter." And that's because the figurine is just that: a little ceramic guy going No. 2 on the savior's new front porch. Unholy, you say? The Catalan people I spoke to here insist the crouching crappers are an essential part of their nativity scene -- so crucial that in Barcelona, when municipal crèches have omitted caganers in the past, intense public outcries have always brought back the traditional squatter."

[Edited on December 1, 2009 at 9:27 PM. Reason : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer]

12/1/2009 9:00:09 PM

not even an "[old]"?

12/1/2009 9:28:31 PM

Quote :

"The Caganer represents the equality of all people: regardless of status, race, or gender, everyone defecates."

'CEPT FER BARACK HOOSAIN O-BAMA

12/1/2009 9:40:49 PM