🎄 The Santa Who Rides A Donkey? 🫏 Meet Olentzero (Basic Spanish Conversations)

About this episode

This episode features a discussion about Olentzero, a unique Basque Christmas gift-giver, with Spanish teacher Aitor Pisos.

Listen to Basic Spanish Conversations on all major podcast platforms! 👇 🎧 Listen on Spotify 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 🎧 Listen on Amazon Music Ever heard of the Basque Christmas gift-giver who replaces Santa Claus? 🎅 In this episode of Basic Spanish Conversations, I talk with Aitor Pisos, a Spanish teacher from Bilbao, about Olentzero, one of northern Spain’s most unique holiday figures. 📚 Study along with the transcript on Latin ELE's blog ⬇️ https://latinele.com/who-is-olentzero-basque-christmas/ Connect with Aitor: Newsletter: https://subscribepage.io/ElProfesorAitor Sitio web: https://www.elprofesoraitor.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ElProfesorAitor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elprofesoraitor/ 🎄 ¡Feliz Navidad! Hasta la próxima Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/speaking-spanish-for-beginners--4703290/support .

People in this episode

Host: Latin ELE

Guest: Aitor Pisos

Topics covered

• Basque culture
• Christmas traditions
• Spanish language
• holiday figures
• gift-giving

Keywords

• Olentzero
• Basque Christmas
• Spanish teacher
• holiday traditions
• gift-giver

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Latin ELE

Books & works: Olentzero

Places: Bilbao

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