We wish you a wacky Christmas

THINK Christmas starts and ends with jolly old St Nicholas? Lean your ear this way, friends, for this festive season, BT's Offbeat column lives up to its name - by sharing some of the weirdest Christmas characters ever known to man. Enjoy! (Or not.)

Who: Caganer and Tió de Nadal

Specialty: Pooping gifts

Origin: Catalonia

In this autonomous community of Spain, nativity scenes are complete only when the caganer is present. The word literally translates as "the shitter". It's a figurine - male or female, it doesn't matter - caught in the act of taking a dump. From the front, he looks innocuous enough: fully-clothed and poised mid-…