In the two-and-a-half weeks leading up to Christmas, Catalan families will keep a log in the home with a face painted on it.

The autonomous community in Spain, Catalonia, has some very interesting Christmas traditions and celebrations that tend to begin on December 8th with the Immaculate Conception of Mary. While most of ...

Instead of Christmas trees, many in Barcelona and across Spain’s Catalan region celebrate with a Caga Tio, a log adorned with a painted face, red hat and stick legs. In the weeks leading up to ...

The first time I heard about Caga Tió, or Tió de Nadal, my family was getting settled into our life abroad in Barcelona this fall. A new friend's teenage daughter was telling us about the Catalan ...