The Christmas cycle is a period that runs from the Feast of St Nicholas - 6 December- to Candlemas -2 February-, which is when the nativity scenes are taken apart.

It has long been a tradition on 28 December, Holy Innocents' Day - Dia dels Sants Innocents- to play practical jokes 'innocentades' on family, friends and acquaintances.

On the evening of 5 January, Barcelona organises a big welcome for the Kings of the Orient, who set off on a big parade through the city's streets, followed by a long procession.

The main event of the Festa dels Tres Tombs de Barcelona is a musical parade of animals – horses, donkeys and mules – in a cavalcade and pulling coaches around the city centre.

The main event of the Tres Tombs de Sant Andreu de Palomar festival is a musical parade of animals, either being ridden or pulling carts and coaches round the neighbourhood's central streets and squares.

The Tres Tombs Infernals is a celebration held in Sant Andreu de Palomar that combines street theatre and a firework display with a correfoc fire run.

The Sant Antoni bonfire festival held in Gràcia is actually a Majorcan tradition that has been brought to this Barcelona neighbourhood. It consists of exhibitions of popular culture from the Principality and Mallorca.

The Santa Eulàlia festivities, also known as La Laia or as Barcelona's winter festival, is held around the 12th February each year in squares and streets all across the city.