James asks Viggo Mortensen about any holiday traditions he’s learned living overseas and Viggo attempts to explain tio de nadal, a long-standing tradition in Catalonia involving a decorated log, treats, swearing and beating the log.
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It was like he was recounting a episode from South park..
🌹🛡🎓🌍
when he went “crap uncle take a dump!” im losing it 😭😭
It’s not an uncle Viggo, it is a log.
The Crapping Log. But it is more correct simply The Log
This is the translation of one of the different versions of the TIÓ song:
In Christmas day
we will put the hog in salt
the chicken in the pasture
and the young donkey on the pine tree.
Playing the violin.
Now oxen and cows pass by,
hens with shoes
and the roosters with big shoes
Marieta makes nougat.
The priest has tasted them
he says they are a little salty.
Marieta, put some sugar in them and they will be a little better.
Poop log, otherwise I'll beat you with a stick.
Catalan original song:
El dia de Nadal
posarem el porc en sal
la gallina a la pastera
i el pollí dalt del pi.
Toca, toca el violí.
Ara passen bous i vaques
les gallines amb sabates
i els capons amb sabatons
Marieta fa torrons.
El vicari els ha tastats
diu que són un poc salats.
Marieta posa-hi sucre que seràn un poc millor.
Caga tió sinó et donaré un cop de bastó .
I went to Barcelona and the family whom I stayed with, told me all about it, made an impression of it, the whole thing. I found it so hilarious and quite unbelievable that this very religious or as well commercial festivity almost everywhere in the world, in Catalunya it has this secular perspective. Really great and unique.
These two need to make a movie together. Viggo was supposed to be in the Hateful Eight but couldn't do it due to scheduling conflicts
Am I the only one wondering why Kurt Russel's there? 😂
I used to live in Barcelona and yes it’s true. He should have also explained the other Catalan Christmas hero the “Caganer” Google that one! 😂😂
In catalan tió mean log uncle in catalan is oncle, similar to english. in spanish uncle is tio.
What a lively explanation, thank you very much. As Mr Mortensen said, this tradition is considered to be pre-Christian and is related to the cycles of renewal in nature. There's just one tiny but significant mistake: Mr Mortensen, who is a very fluent speaker of Spanish and whose Catalan is pretty good, got the name of our Christmas log wrong: he mixed up the Spanish 'tío', which translates into English as 'uncle', with the Catalan 'tió', which translates as 'log'. So as children we don't beat our 'uncle' but our beloved Christmas log. And I must say that, in my experience kids are not allowed to swear
Caga tío, tío de Nadal..
Alguns tenen el gros borratxo repartint regals altres tenim un tronc que li fotem hòsties i ens caga regals.
Happy birthday Viggo
Viggo lives near of my city. in a small village
Some other fellow Catalans have said it already. The translation of "tió" is not "uncle", my dear Viggo, but "log". Ariadna should have taught you better! It's a pagan tradition, which survived the christianization of the territory and has lived on to these days. I find it so special and it's one of the things that really make Christmas different. Kate McKinnon expalined this tradition very well, and in a very amusing manner, in the Late Night With Seth Meyers show: https://youtu.be/UjzkxcHPb9g
I hope you enjoy the video, folks!
I know the caise of the big problem.
No please Tió doesn't mean uncle It means log!
I know many people said he was wrong saying "crapping uncle" but everyone makes mistakes guys xddd
You know what? I do what he explains every Christmas since i was a kid but we don’t swear, not uncle, real name is Caga Tio( shit log)
I’m Catalan and I just want to say. I love you Viggo. Legend.
El dia que em vaig traumar amb el caga tió va ser quan em va cagar una bicicleta. Vaig pensar.. damn
"Tió" in Catalan is not uncle. I think he makes a mess with the word "tio" (without accent) in Spanish that is translated as uncle in English. A more exact translation of "tió" would be "trunk" … That is "Trunk Crapper".
I'm not sure if there's already a movie between Viggo and Kurt but there should be one
Does Aragorn live in Aragon?
Funniest time of my life, when I got to beat that fat and well-fed log. Undoubtely for me, El Tió de Nadal and the annual Saint George's book fair and literary and artistic exhibition and contest are the best traditions we have here in Catalonia. If you want to experience something unique, come to Barcelona by late April. It is really something worth a journey.
Omg… Viggo is hilarious!!! 😂🤣
Caga tio caga tio caga tio!!!!!!! jajajajajaj true story
Awful tradition. That is why they want independence
Viggo Peter Mortensen a esto me refiero! Ya no hace falta, ni nada parecido. Es al re pedo.Y los que no entienden de qué hablo, ni comenten por favor. Gracias!
So, like the Christmas turf from South Park??
Jajajaja caga tió!!! 😂😂😂
Que hombre más encantador, cappo , Inteligente , humilde & TALENTOSO !!!!
The song:
Caga tió,
tió de Nadal,
caga turrons
i bons regals.
Caga tió,
avellanes i pinyons,
si no vols cagar,
et donarem un cop de bastó!
…
🙂
El caga tío ♥
Perdoname boludo, pero te escraché mal…y bueno, somos amigos, no???
Crapping uncle haahahaha
James face as he was explaining lol, Kurt Russell loved it though haha! Viggo is a brilliant actor and such a nice guy, would love to meet him one day.
No fuckin way Viggo and Kurt in the same damn room??? I can’t process…
You bow to no one, my king
Is'nt Uncle in catalan Tió means piece of wood.
Really cool to see local traditions being showcased in western mainstream media. Kate McKinnon also explained it on Seth Meyers' couple years ago https://youtu.be/UjzkxcHPb9g
Deja de molestar a tanta gente metiéndola adentro de tu cuento.
Cortala con esto o no la pones nunca mas en tu vida aragorn!!Basta del cuento catalán.
Dale prendela, ya la farsa no tiene que importarte.
Christmas Traditions in Spain?? Ay Viggo, no sigas con la luz apagada, CORTALA!!!
is that Snake Pliskenn? , I tought he Was dead