Christmas
US-style Black Friday retail chaos hits Spain
Spanish shops and department stores are importing the traditional post-Thanksgiving Day 'sales madness' seen in the US every year as a way of getting Spanish shoppers to splash out in the lead up to Christmas.
Spain's Virgin 'crapper' statue shocks bishops
They are part of many Spanish nativity scene: the celebrity caganers, or 'crappers'. But a figurine showing an image of a highly venerated Spanish Virgin preparing to defecate has caused a stir among the country's bishops.
VIDEO: Spain's spoof Xmas lottery ads go viral
This year’s traditional Christmas lottery TV commercial is proving so unpopular among Spaniards it is fast becoming the most parodied ad in the country’s Internet history.