It's hard to believe that Christmas will be here (and I'll be in Denver!) in just a week! As always, I absolutely love the holidays. The lights, the music, gifts everywhere - it's fantastic!
The holiday season in Barcelona seems to be quite similar to Seville, just on a grander scale. El Corte Ingles is lit up, their street vendors selling anything and everything, Santa is climbing up many balconies and the streets are jam-packed with shoppers.
One of my favorite things here is how each major street has it's own type of Christmas lights. They are hung one after another down the street for many blocks. When lit up, they're beautiful! Another Catalonian tradition is the caganet. It's a little man who is placed in all nativity scenes, whether in a home or in the church. Here's the weird thing - he's a little man who's pooping! Apparently he's fertilizing the earth . . . definitely not what I usually associate with Christmas!
A caganet!
Last night, ASB had a "Cookies and Cocktails" holiday party, which was super-fun. I'm now off to finish Christmas shopping and hopefully find something for my kiddos as well. Who knows - one of you might be lucky enough to receive a caganet this year! :)
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