This is so great, I never knew about this: apparently in the Catalan tradition in Spain, in all nativity scenes there's a figure taking a poop behind the baby Jeebus! And the figure is often made to look like a current political figure. Read more about this and more poop-related Catalan Xmas traditions on this post on the wonderful blog I Let My Fists Do the Talkin':Catalan Pooping Nativity Tradition
And there's also a mention of it on the Wired website:
The Caganer
