Caganerwatch 2013: Last Minute Roundup

And so, with Christmas Day looming, a last look at the caganers and Christmas fails to have come across my desk this year ...

As the traditional saying goes, Menja Bé, Caga Fort, I No Tinguis Por A La Mort! (Eat well, shit a good deal and don't be afraid of death!)

Merry Christmas, everybody!

Caganerwatch 2013: Bacon Jesus

Caganerwatch 2013: There's A Problem With Brighton's Christmas Lights

And now, for tonight's Caganerwatch entertainment, a short video:-

Caganerwatch 2013: Why No Britney Spears?

I can get you a pic of Lady Gaga as a caganer ...

... I can get you Amy Winehouse ...

Mick Jagger ...

John Lennon ...

Michael Jackson ...

... and Elvis:-

However, I draw a blank at Britney Spears. Can't find a Britney caganer anywhere. I wonder why? It's almost as if there was somebody going around telling people to leave her alone ...

X-posted from The Plainclothes Clown.

Caganerwatch 2013: Celebrity Caganers Of The Day

Today's celebrity caganers are all Star Wars-themed.

I tried looking for a Han Solo, but it looks as if it shat first.

Caganerwatch 2013: Scatty Santa

Even Santa is getting in on the act:-

I guess you'd better have been good this year ...

Caganerwatch 2013: In Its Natural Habitat

Here's a caganer caught in the wild.

Obviously they have to go through an extensive process of domestication before they can be released into people's homes ...

Caganerwatch 2013: Another Caganer

I love these little figurines. Today's caganer is ... Lady Caca.

Crossposted from The Plainclothes Clown.

Caganerwatch 2013: They Didn't Think It Through ...

Well, this one had me rolling on the floor

Crossposted from The Plainclothes Clown.

Caganerwatch: What Is A Caganer?

Every year, I am asked this question whenever I launch Caganerwatch: What, pray tell, is a caganer anyway?

A Caganer (Catalan pronunciation: [kəɣəˈne], Western Catalan: [kaɣaˈne]) is a figurine depicted in the act of defecation appearing in nativity scenes in Catalonia and neighbouring areas with Catalan culture such as Andorra, Valencia, Northern Catalonia (in southern France) and the Balearic Islands. It is most popular and widespread in these areas, but can also be found in other areas of Spain (Murcia), Portugal and southern Italy (Naples).

The name "El Caganer” literally means “the crapper” or "the shitter". Traditionally, the figurine is depicted as a peasant, wearing the traditional Catalan red cap (the "barretina") and with his trousers down, showing a bare backside, and defecating.

These are traditional caganers:-

Caganerwatch will be proud to bring you caganers throughout the runup to December 25, along with - hopefully - a crop of Xmas fails and ingenious stunts.

Here's an example of the kind of caganer you are to expect. Ladies and gentlemen, I present Michael Cackson.

Crossposted to The Plainclothes Clown.