The Apalpador, also known as Pandigueiro, is, in the eastern areas of Galicia, the mythical figure of a coal burner who comes on the night of December 24th and December 31st to touch the children's belly to see if they have eaten enough during the year, leaving a pile of chestnuts, eventually a gift and wishing them a New Year full of happiness and food.
There are some popular songs and rhymes related to this character that are sung in the night of the Aplapador to announce the kids that he is coming to visit them so they need to go to bed.
O Apalpador is the Galcian version of Santa Claus. We normally have him in the hall of the school at Christmas.
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