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

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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/

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