{"id":1058,"date":"2025-12-11T14:52:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T13:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/the-marimurtra-christmas-tio\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T14:52:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T13:52:07","slug":"the-marimurtra-christmas-tio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/en\/the-marimurtra-christmas-tio\/","title":{"rendered":"The Marimurtra Christmas Ti\u00f3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/?attachment_id=17459\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17459\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-17459\" src=\"https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tio-de-marimurtra-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1152\" height=\"1267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3><strong>T<\/strong><strong>he Christmas Ti\u00f3: a magical Catalan tradition<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>When you walk through the Marimurtra Botanical Garden in December, you may be surprised to see a log wearing a barretina, with smiling eyes and a charming expression. This is the <strong>Marimurtra Christmas Ti\u00f3<\/strong>, a beloved character that forms part of one of Catalonia\u2019s most magical traditions.<\/p>\n<h4>Who is it and what does it represent?<\/h4>\n<p>The Ti\u00f3 is a special log that arrives in homes at the beginning of December. From that moment on, it becomes an endearing guest: <strong>it is covered with a blanket, given food, and looked after<\/strong>. This simple routine helps fill the month of December with excitement and small moments that prepare for the arrival of Christmas.<\/p>\n<h4>The day of making it \u201cpoop\u201d<\/h4>\n<p>Christmas Eve, December 24, families gather to <strong>gently tap the Ti\u00f3 with a stick<\/strong> while singing a traditional song. And that is when, thanks to all the attention it has received, the Ti\u00f3 \u201cpoops\u201d surprises that appear under the blanket. How and why\u2026 that is part of the magic adults know well and children perceive with eyes full of wonder.<\/p>\n<h4>Why is the Ti\u00f3 in Marimurtra?<\/h4>\n<p><strong>At Marimurtra we enjoy sharing traditions<\/strong> with visitors, and having a Ti\u00f3 here allows us to bring this story closer to everyone walking through the Garden.<\/p>\n<p>If you come near, you can greet it, take a photo, or tell it something nice.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Merry Christmas!<\/strong><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The Christmas Ti\u00f3: a magical Catalan tradition When you walk through the Marimurtra Botanical Garden in December, you may be surprised to see a log wearing a barretina, with smiling eyes and a charming expression. This is the Marimurtra Christmas Ti\u00f3, a beloved character that forms part of one of Catalonia\u2019s most magical traditions. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marimurtra.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}