4. NEWS SUMMARY

MERRY NADAL.

Christmas in Catalonia has a special set of traditions.
December us upon one more and the frantic contradiction to Christmas is clouding everyone’s judgment.
Mental checklists of presents over whelm all other thoughts, turning innocent day dreams into gift wrapped nightmares.
To start with the “dies festius” begin for earlier than December 25^th. The All Saints celebration pn November 1^st still sits recently in the collective memory, along with its “panallet” cakes, muscatel sweet wine, “castanyes” (chestnuts) and boniatos (sweet potatoes).
The days more importants are 25^th, 31^st, 24^th (“caga tió”), 28^th (lit Innocent Saints’ day) and 6^th (“dia de reis”). It’s a really funny tradition of Catalonia.

RESIDENT
Desember 2007
nº 28