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	Olentzero Encyclopedia Article @ Gigantuan.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		According to Basque traditions Olentzero comes to town late at night on the 24th of December to drop off presents for children.
		The only survivor Olentzero hiked to the villages in the valley and with his sickle brutally cut the throat of those people who ate too much on the day before the arrival of Christ, i.e.
		Olentzero is represented as a Basque peasant with a boina and smoking a pipe.
	www.gigantuan.com /encyclopedia/Olentzero (1019 words)

	Olentzeroaren borda. · Sobre el Olentzero. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Y así fue como Olentzero llegó a crecer en aquellas maravillosas montañas, hasta que se convirtió en un fuerte, saludable y amable hombre.
		Olentzero era muy inteligente y muy bueno haciendo cosas con sus manos, de manera que hizo algunos juguetes de madera para aquellos niños: pequeños juguetes y muñecas, que el podría llevar a los niños cuando fuera al pueblo a vender su carbón.
		Olentzero se volvió muy bien conocido en aquel pueblo.
	www.txiki.net /olentzero/castellano.htm (1397 words)

	Buber's Basque Page: Olentzero: An English version
		And that is how Olentzero came to grow up in those wonderful mountains, until he became a strong, healthy and lovable man. His parents were very happy and Olentzero was not at all worried about the strange way in which his parents had come to find him.
		Olentzero was very clever and very good at making things with his hands, so he made some toys out of wood for those children: little toys and dolls, which he would take to the children when he went to town to sell his coal.
		The little children in the village were very happy when they got their presents, and Olentzero spent the whole afternoon playing with them and telling them stories that he had learned from his father when he was little.
	www.buber.net /Basque/Folklore/olentzero.html (1309 words)

	Buber's Basque Page: Christmas in the Basque Country
		In Navarra, for example, the Olentzero is a coal man who comes down from the mountains to hand out chestnuts and wine, and of course presents for the little ones.
		The Olentzero is a mythical Basque character, he is a messenger, a shepherd who cries out that it is Christmas time throughout all the corners of the Basque Country.
		In Salvatierra in Alava, for example, the Olentzero is a coalman, who after having lived a hard life up in the mountains, comes back to his village to bring good news and at the same time to have a good feast to make up for the hunger which he has suffered.
	www.buber.net /Basque/Folklore/christ.html (585 words)

	London Basque Society - Euskal Elkartea :: Olentzero Bazkaria - Lunch 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Olentzero basoan daukan etxera bueltatu zen Londreseko umeen poztasunaren oroimenarekin, datorren urtean berriz ere gurekin egongo zela ziurtatu ondoren.
		This year once again Olentzero has arrived in London to bring presents to the children and to have lunch with the members and friends of the Euskal Elkartea (Basque Society).
		Olentzero went back to his house in the forest, full of happy memories; he assured us he will come back next year.
	www.zintzilik.org /london/jaia/olentzero_02.php (252 words)

	unzuetar
		A dummy featuring the Olentzero- a Basque traditional character that brings presents to Basque people at Christmas Eve- was kidnapped by a patrol of the Civil Guard, a Spanish paramilitary police unit.
		Then, in my chilhood we had yet to days, the Olentzero, although "outlawed" in the part of the pertsonage, was celebrated massively and that day was the happier day, with all the children going from home to home singing.
		Oh, about the "outlawing" of our Olentzero, Basque Santa, Enrique Villar, who was the Governmental Delegate in the Basque Country with Aznar until past Christmas, was also the Alava Governor in the last Franco and post-Franco times.
	unzuetar.blogspot.com (1337 words)

	BKZ \|\| "El Caserío del Olentzero"
		Olentzero lives in the Lakoizketa Farmhouse of Narbarte.
		After spending some months in the mountains making coal, he comes back to his farmhouse in the winter months in order to prepare the presents the children from the Basque Country request.
		In the natural setting the "País del Bidasoa" offers, Olentzero will visit us at night to gather the letters we have written to him.
	www.navarraaventura.com /ing/prog-olentzero.htm (112 words)

	LA BUTACA - Olentzero y el tronco mágico
		Olentzero es un entrañable personaje que representa el espíritu navideño y reparte los regalos a los niños.
		Será él quien robe a Olentzero el "Tronco mágico" y todas las cartas, poniendo en peligro que los niños puedan recibir sus regalos.
		Con la ayuda de los demás niños del pueblo, pasarán un sin fin de aventuras y peligros hasta lograr que la nor-malidad vuelva al valle y la Navidad pueda seguir su curso.
	www.labutaca.net /films/37/olentzeroyeltroncomagico.htm (208 words)

	Olentzero, everyone knows him…but who is he? — EuskoSare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Olentzero is associated to a multitude of legends.
		The little children at the village were very happy with the toys he offered to them and Olentzero spent the entire afternoon playing with them and telling them the stories that his father told him when he was young.
		The strong and cold winds and the thunder frightened and upset the inhabitants, and in particular the children.
	www.euskosare.org /kultura/history_of_olentzero (1266 words)

	Olentzero - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Una de las funciones actuales del Olentzero es muy similar a la de los Reyes Magos, Papá Noel o el niño Jesús: Los niños escriben sus cartas al Olentzero pidiéndole regalos, se las dan a sus padres, y algunos de estos regalos aparecen en casa en la mañana de Navidad.
		Es costumbre que grupos de vecinos paseen un muñeco caracterizado de Olentzero (con la cara manchada de carbón, ropa tradicional, boina, pipa, un saco con regalos, con vestimenta típica vasca) por las calles en nochebuena, cantando y pidiendo dinero para algún colectivo humanitario, social o para sus propias actividades de ocio.
		Olentzero y el tronco mágico (2005) de Juanjo Elordi.
	es.wikipedia.org /wiki/Olentzero (787 words)

	Olentzero
		Today we know the Olentzero as the mythic winter figure, but he takes his name from an older custom.
		The word "olentzero" is the combination of two words--olesen-aroa--which gives us an indication of the figures significance.
		Olentzero, for earlier Basques, was the season of asking from house to house.
	www.basqueclubs.com /Pages/olentzero.htm (1741 words)

	London Basque Society - Euskal Elkartea :: Olentzero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The little children in the village were very happy too when they got their presents, and Olentzero spent the afternoon playing with them and telling them stories he had learned from his father when he was little.
		Whenever he approached, he would quickly be surrounded by children.
		One day, when Olentzero was coming to town, he saw lightning hit a house.
	www.zintzilik.org /london/jaia/olentzero.php (1343 words)

	La Guardia Civil secuestra al Olentzero, el Papá Noel vasco - 20minutos.es
		La figura del Olentzero sustraída se ocupa tradicionalmente en Areso una marquesina de autobús.
		Lo que pasa, es que el olentzero es una imagen de lo vasco, y estos dos impresentables odiarán tanto a lo vasco que hasta se cargan al papa noel vasco.
		Luego si hacen esto con el olentzero, que haran con los chavales que detienen y acusan de kale borroka.
	www.20minutos.es /noticia/77238/0/guardia/civil/olentzero (1245 words)

	Olentzero y el Tronco Magico (2005)
		Con la ayuda de los demás niños del pueblo, pasarán un sin fin de aventuras y peligros hasta lograr que la normalidad vuelva al valle y la Navidad pueda seguir su curso.
		Sinopsis: Olentzero (The Santa Claus of the Basque Pyrenees) is making last-minute preparations, checking that all the Christmas presents will arrive on time for all the children of the valley.
		An old legend of the Pyrenees has it that he posesses a Magic Log, a source of endless power, through which he observes wheter the children are behaving.
	blip.tv /file/66820 (543 words)

	Olentzeroaren borda. · About The Olentzero. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		"your name will be Olentzero, for it is wonderful thing to have found you.
		But inside the house, the fairy who had found Olentzero in the mountains, when he was a baby so many years ago, appeared next to Olentzero and began calling his name in her sweet voice:
		"Olentzero, you have been a good man, faithful and kind hearted.
	www.txiki.net /olentzero/english.htm (1198 words)

	Basque Museum and Cultural Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This handpainted plate from the Basque Country depicts a popular Basque phrase: Ongi Etorri, "Come Well" or Welcome.
		This paper mache Olentzero is hand made in the Basque Country and depicts the Basque "Santa Claus".
		This handpainted Olentzero figurine from the Basque Country represents the Basque "Santa Claus".
	www.basquemuseum.com /rcProdmain.asp?id=3 (258 words)

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