The Amazing Pooping Christmas Log of Calatonia

I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but there are quite a few plastic toys out there this Christmas that dispense candy. Nothing too unusual about that. But the strange thing is the number of them that are figures that poop out the candy. Here's a sampling:
http://www.prankplace.com/pooping_santa.htm

Now, I thought this was weird enough but a friend found that there is actually a historic precedent for this cultural curiosity.

I give you the Calatonian Pooping Christmas Log

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ti%C3%B3_de_Nadal

Have a Merry Christmas!