Editing Nativity scene (section)

===Spain===
{{Main|Caganer}}
There is a regional tradition in the [[Catalonia]] region where an additional figure is added to the nativity scene: the {{lang|ca|Caganer}}. It depicts a person defecating. In 2005, the Barcelona city council provoked a public outcry by commissioning a nativity scene which did not include a {{lang|ca|Caganer}}.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://beteve.cat/basics/pessebres-mes-polemics-sant-jaume/|title=Els pessebres més polèmics de Sant Jaume|date=26 November 2018|work=Betevé|access-date=2019-12-09|language=ca|archive-date=2019-12-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209202036/https://beteve.cat/basics/pessebres-mes-polemics-sant-jaume/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Within the realm of legend, there is speculation that it was in [[San Cristóbal de La Laguna]], [[Tenerife]], where a nativity scene was first publicly displayed in a private home in Spain.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.museobelenistaestevez.es|title=Portal de los Lercaro|access-date=12 March 2025}}</ref> Likewise, the Tenerifean saint [[Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur|Peter of Betancur]], a Franciscan and founder of the [[Bethlehemite Brothers]] in the 17th century, is credited with being one of the main precursors of nativity scene design in the American lands discovered by the Spanish. This is precisely one of the reasons why this saint is often called the "''Saint Francis of Assisi of the Americas''".<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/elsanfranciscode00soto|title=El San Francisco de Asís americano: Pedro de San José Bethencourt|access-date=12 March 2025}}</ref>