December 3rd. 2025
Some Christmas activities in the Gòtic are unique and have elements of popular culture that bring us together as a neighborhood, and attract both local and tourist visitors because they are genuine! Don't miss them!
- The arrival of the Spirit of Christmas and its entourage will announce the beginning of the Festivities with "The Dance of the Spirit of Christmas", wishing Happy Holidays along our streets.
- After the Christmas Proclamation is read from the balcony of Palau de La Virreina, there will be a parade along Carrer de la Portaferrissa, Boters, Plaça Nova, Santa Llúcia Fair, Joaquim Pou, Via Laietana, Sant Pere Més Alt, Verdaguer i Callís, ending at the Casa dels Entremesos in Plaça de les Beates, where all the characters of Ciutat Vella's Festa Major sleep.
- Also the Man of the Noses, who will parade through the streets on December 31st.
Other Christmas traditions and events Also during the month of December, one of the characters from the Traditional Bestiary, the Carassa, will once again visit our streets every Saturday in December and will have a Christmas parade through the Gòtic, accompanied by grallers (traditional musicians) and spitting candies from its mouth as gifts for boys and girls.
- The Giant Christmas Tió returns to the Avinguda de la Catedral and accompanies the Santa Llúcia Fair, the most outstanding Christmas Fair in Barcelona, which will be held from November 28th to December 23rd, 2025, from 10 am to 9 pm. More than two hundred stalls fill Avinguda de la Catedral, with a wide variety of products, at the oldest Christmas fair in the city.
- From November 22nd to January 5th, Plaça de Sant Jaume will host a joint lighting installation by the City Council and the Generalitat, reinterpreting Christmas iconography with digital art garlands in a contemporary visual narrative projected on the façades.
- Inside the City Hall entrance, from December 13th to January 5th, you can visit the traditional nativity scene that recreates Catalan mountain landscapes with classic figures and iconic scenes, made by the Barcelona Nativity Scene Association.
- This Christmas, the revitalized Barcelona Christmas Festival also returns to Plaça de Catalunya, featuring a variety of performing arts shows. There will be music, theater, dance, and street circus acts. In total:
- 20 premieres
- nine musical bands
- participation from 20 cultural companies
- The festival will offer 357 performances for all audiences
- It will take place from December 20th to 30th, 2025
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