Christmastime with the family

And a catalan tradition: the "caga tió", which involves a stick, a blanket and a shitting log from which the children get gifts after beating the crap out of the log while singing

"caga tió
tió de nadal
no caguis arangades
que són salades
caga turrons
que son més bons"

and after that, the log has shat sweets and one or two gifts for the child beating the crap out of the log. You find this strange?