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.

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Outside the U.S., Christmas traditions involve much more than reindeer and evergreen trees. While some traditions have emerged in modern times, many local holiday traditions stretch back centuries, ...

In Catalonia, Christmas involves a hollowed-out log with a painted face, stick legs, and a little red hat. Children feed it nuts and dried fruit for weeks, keep it warm under a blanket, and then on ...

PITTSFIELD — Growing up in Barcelona meant that on Christmas Eve, my brother and I would be excited to see what presents our “Tió de Nadal” — Christmas log in English — would "poop" for us. Tió is a ...

Outside the U.S., Christmas traditions involve much more than reindeer and evergreen trees. While some traditions have emerged in modern times, many local holiday traditions stretch back centuries, ...

CORRECTION: This story has been updated to remove references to a Florida-based event that was erroneously described as taking place in Australia. The story continues below: Outside the U.S., ...