Two days before Christmas our elf Flutter left a note telling us to go see a Christmas market and find out what a “Caganer” was. So we went to a christmas market in the Placita de la Seu by the Cathedral of Barcelona that looked like a castle and we saw a sign that said “Caganer”. We looked around and we saw a stand with a guy selling little statues of people pooping. Daddy looked up on his phone why there were little tiny statues pooping and we found out that the pooping guys were the Caganer. Another name for Caganer is “the little crapper”. He lives in France or Catalonia. He is a little statue with a red hat and his bottom showing! People put them in nativity scenes with baby Jesus. They put him in nativity scenes because his poop fertizes the world so that there will be food for next year. Some people think that when you put a Caganer in a nativity scene it brings you good luck and good wishes and if you don’t you will get in trouble. Some people think that it is bad to put a Caganer in a nativity scene because they think it is holy and sacred and they think that the Caganer makes it look funny and not very good. In my opinion, I think that the Caganer is weird because he poops outside like a dog in the plants and not in a toilet.
When daddy went to go find a water filter I saw some logs with little hats. Mommy asked the man selling the logs what they were. He told us that they were Caga Tíos. Caga Tíos are little logs with red hats and a smily face. You are supposed give it a blanket and some food so they can grow. On Christmas Eve you have to whack the log and sing a song: poop log poop out a present, poop log poop log. The next morning all the kids will see the presents that the poop log pooped out. I think that the poop log or the Caga Tíos are good because I like taking care of the Caga Tío. People who live in Spain like the Caga Tío because they like taking care of the them too.
On Christmas morning I woke up and I ran into Mommy and Daddy’s room to tell them it is Christmas and “you need to get up”. Then I ran into the living room and then Quinn woke up too. When we were awake we had to first give everyone their presents then we got to open them. In my sock a got a lego person, some candy and a bracelet. Our Caga Tíos gave us each some chocolate eggs and some farm animals. I unwrapped a doll, a note book, a pen that has four colors, a lego set and some earrings from my grandparents. Our family gave us some money and we will use it to go to Paris, France. for the rest of the day we got to play with our toys. It was a fun Christmas and I will never forget it.
I liked it a lot and If I ever have a more fun christmas I will tell you!