2. Fia-Faia
On 24th December, people from Bagà and St Julià, go
to the top of a mountain carrying torches made from
dried grass and branches. We light the torches, go
down the mountains to the village square and make
bonfires. Young people jump over the bonfires.
Afterwards, we dance around the fire and eat cake
with garlic sauce and sweet wine.
3. The “Tió” of Christmas
The “Tió” is a log with legs. Children feed him. On
24th the December, parents hide presents under
the Tió. Then the children hit the Tió with a stick
in their house. After that the children look under
the Tió and they think that the Tió gives presents.
4. Christmas Eve at Home
• On Christmas Eve we celebrate the birth of
Jesus. In Spain, we don’t eat a specific
food, but usually at home we eat seafood
and fish, and for dessert we eat “Turrón” a
kind of nougat made from sugar and
almonds
5. The Christmas Tree
• In Spain, lots of people
put a Christmas tree in
their house to decorate
it, and some people put
presents under them
like in another
countries. It’s not a
tradition here but a lot
of people do it. Santa
Claus is not a tradition
here either, but he is
becoming popular.
6. The Crib
Many people make a
crib in their house to
celebrate the birth of
Jesus. The basic crib
has traditional
figures, Jesus, Virgen
Mary, Joseph, the ox
and the donkey.
Some people make
enormous cribs with
villages, farms, sheph
erds, kings, rivers, bri
dges and all kinds of
figures
7. Christmas Day
On Christmas Day, the
typical food is a soup with
big pieces of pasta called
“Galets”
Then they have chicken or
turkey with prunes and
pine nuts
For dessert, people eat
“polvorones” and
“torrons” and drink
champagne!
8. New Year’s Eve
In Spain we celebrate the New Year on the night of
31st December. We celebrate at home or in a
restaurant with friends and our families . The
tradition is to eat 12 grapes at twelve o’clock, one
grape for every ring of the bells. It ‘s not easy but if
you don’t do it, you have bad luck all year!!
9. The New Year Celebrations
After dinner, some people go out and they listen to the
bells and eat grapes in the main square like in Plaza
Catalunya in Barcelona. Afterwards, some people go
dancing to a disco but other people go to a house to
celebrate the New Year.
10. ESQUELLADA
"The esquellada" is a children's tradition in la Pobla de
Lillet on January 5th, the Eve of the Kings. Children call the
Kings to their homes by ringing cow bells because they
want them to bring presents.
In the morning, they do a tour all over the village with
their bells and sing a lot of carols. After that, all the
people of the village eat cake and have hot chocolate
11. The Three Kings
On the evening before
the 6th January, the
Kings arrive in every
town, city and village
of Spain bringing
presents for the good
children! Just as they
brought gifts to Jesus
in Bethlehem! Bad
children get pieces of
coal!
12. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE
AND
A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!
BON NADAL I
FELIÇ ANY NOU A TOTS!
