🎄 The Santa Who Rides A Donkey? 🫏 Meet Olentzero (Basic Spanish Conversations)
Speaking Spanish for Beginners
Latin ELE
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🗓️ 4 December 2025
⏱️ 12 minutes
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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.
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https://latinele.com/who-is-olentzero-basque-christmas/
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🎄 ¡Feliz Navidad! Hasta la próxima
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | A Santa Claus who writes a donkey? |
| 0:05.0 | Meet the Olentero, the Christmas superhero who brings gifts in El Pasco. |
| 0:10.0 | For that, you'll hear my interview with El Profe Aitor, Spanish teacher from Bilbao, Spain. |
| 0:17.0 | This is an episode of my show Basic Spanish Conversations for Upper Beginners. |
| 0:22.9 | Available on all major listening apps. |
| 0:25.5 | The transcript is available for free on my blog at latinele.com. |
| 0:30.3 | Ready? |
| 0:30.7 | Sir, yes, sir. |
| 0:32.0 | Let's. |
| 0:38.3 | First, that all, presentat with our audience. |
| 0:41.3 | Well, well, hello, |
| 0:43.3 | I'm the professor Aitor, |
| 0:45.3 | professor of Spanish for |
| 0:47.3 | for ex-ranjeros, |
| 0:48.3 | and I'm a professor of Bilbao, |
| 0:50.3 | of the Pa-Basco, in the north of Spain. |
| 0:52.3 | And Aitou, |
| 0:53.3 | I'm going'll talk to a |
| 0:54.6 | person who is, |
| 0:56.9 | a me |
| 0:57.1 | I'm |
| 0:57.2 | I'm a |
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