Spain

西班牙

Spain’s celebrations vary greatly depending on the region. In the Basque regions, the Santa role is filled by Olentzero, a fat man in a beret who smokes a pipe. He used to be an enforcer against naughty children who was said to throw a sickle down the chimney to cut the throats of kids who didn’t sleep. Nowadays though, he is a positive character like Santa that only brings good presents.

西班牙的庆祝风俗不同地区大不相同。在斯巴达地区，圣诞老人名叫奥林泽罗（Olentzero），是一个戴着四角帽、抽着大烟斗的胖老人。他过去的职责是惩罚淘气包，据说他会从烟囱里扔下镰刀，切断不睡觉的小孩的喉咙。但如今，他是像圣诞老人那样只带来好礼物的正面形象。

In the Catalan region, families “feed” a little log called a “Caga tio” every night from the 8th to the 23rd. On Christmas Eve, the family hits the log with a stick to release sweet treats that have been hidden in his hollow center. If you hadn’t guessed yet, “Caga tio” translates to “pooping log.”

在加泰罗尼亚地区，人们会从12月8号到23号一直“喂食”一块叫“察加蒂奥”（Caga tio）的原木。在平安夜，他们会用棍子敲这块原木，让藏在中空的木头中的糖果掉出来。如果你还未猜出“察加蒂奥”什么意思，它字面翻译就是“排便原木”。

The celebration ends when the log poops out something decidedly not sweet, usually a dried herring, an onion or a head of garlic. Catalans must enjoy poop jokes because aside from their pooping log, they also celebrate with a “Caganer,” a nativity scene character that is seen to be pooping in the corner of the scene.

庆祝活动的结尾就是“原木‘排’出不甜的东西，往往是干鲱鱼、洋葱或蒜头”。加泰罗尼亚人一定很享受“大便”笑话，因为除了“排便原木”,他们还庆祝一个基督诞生场景中的人物（Caganer），据说他被看到在场景的一角拉大便。