12 curious facts about the Santa Llúcia Fair.
The Santa Llúcia Fair is the oldest Christmas market held in the city and its long history has made it a key figure in dozens of stories, customs and curiosities well worth bringing together.
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The nativity scene in Plaça Sant Jaume pays homage to Barcelona's residents
Christmas. Playwright and set designer Ignasi Cristià i Garcia recreates a nativity scene in Plaça Sant Jaume where tradition and digital techniques coexist, featuring characters like yourself. And it's not the only nativity scene in...
An Inclusive and Integrative Nativity Scene with Characters from Present-Day Barcelona
Nadal. Playwright and set designer Ignasi Cristià i Garcia recreates a nativity scene in Plaça Sant Jaume where tradition and digital techniques coexist, featuring characters like yourself. And it's not the only nativity scene in the...
Christmas lights now on around the streets of Barcelona
Christmas 2023. The Christmas lighting contract for 2023 is worth 1,915,267,89 euros in total.
Chestnuts, sweet potatoes and 'panellets' are the culinary stars of All Saints
All Saints, and autumn in general, would be very different without the season's three top dishes: chestnuts, panellet cakes and sweet potatoes.
The lost customs of All Saints’ Day in Barcelona
Would you like to take a walk around the lost Barcelona, accompanied by the explanations of historian Dani Cortijo and the 'Costumari Català’ (Catalan Customs) by Joan Amades?
Cold weather, dark nights, chestnuts, panellet cakes and mushrooms: all you need to know about All Saints’ Day festivities in Catalan sayings
The month of November marks a turning point in the calendar: the days start getting shorter and the chill sets in. In the past, pastoral and agrarian societies saw this day as the end of a cycle. This is why All Saints' Day is such a symbolic...
The Celtic origins of All Saints' Day
All Saints is one of a group of festivals, along with the Day of the Dead and Halloween, which all have a common origin: the beliefs of the Ancient Celts, which were partly based on remembering their dead.
The curious connection between ‘Don Juan Tenorio’ and the All Saints festival.
Although it has almost been forgotten today, the All Saints festival used to have a rich theatrical tradition, with dances of the dead, and above all, all kinds of performances of 'Don Juan Tenorio'
Times for Christmas lights 2023
Christmas. The Christmas lights will operate from 23 November to 6 January, during the same hours as in 2022.