Szkoła Podstawowa im. gen

Antoniego Hedy ps.: Szary” w

Kowali

Poland

Spanish Tio in Primary School in Kowala,

Poland

At first we met Tio who is very

popular in Spain. Then we

decided to reconstruct this ritual

connected with Christmas in our

school. We began by founding a

wooden block then we attached to

him two legs, a nose, eyes and a

mouth. Next Tio was worn in red

hat and was covered with a

blanket.

During the whole week before

Christmas our students fed Tio.

They were giving him fruits,

sweets and sandwiches. It was

a diverse range of food

because we didn’t know what

Tio likes the most.

At Christmas Eve students

brought short sticks and they

used them to hit Tio. The

students were shouting: ,,Tio

give us presents and sweets”.

It turned out that Tio presented

all children with sweets. To say

thank you we were singing

carols and what’s more Tio has

become our class mascot.

Prepared by Maria Tomaszewska