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.

Caganerwatch 2013: Not In The Original Myth

This was not in the original myth!