The legend of the Home dels Nassos is found all around the country, and in some places, like Barcelona, he has been made into a capgros, a big-headed festival figure, who walks around on a particular day, in a cercavila procession for the little ones.

Barcelona's Home dels Nassos capgros is an old man with a huge nose and clothes that refer to the passage of time, in this case the seasons of the year. It belongs to Araca de Noé group and is linked to a very specific date: the last day of the year.

The Home dels Nassos is an imaginary character that is a joke on kids. As he appears on 31^st December, it is said that he has as many noses as the year has days. The children expect to see someone with 365 noses, because they do not get the trick: that the year only has one day left. So anyone they see could be him.

The capgròs representing the Home dels Nassos is a very recent piece, made by the craftsman Amadeu Ferrer and unveiled in 1997. It was presented at a supper of the satirical group l’Arca de Noè and appeared in public on 31^st December of that year, at the group's annual festival.

Since then, early in the morning each 31^st December he leaves the Casa dels Entremesos, where he is on display for the rest of the year. He processes around in a cercavila that goes to a point in the city which has been remodelled or renovated during the year, and where there is a festival for children, toy noses are distributed, and everyone is invited to drink hot chocolate in a xocolatada. Afterwards, he goes to Plaça de Sant Jaume, where he greets the authorities and gives the representatives the key that opens the New Year.