Christmas 2023

Basilica's Christmas concert will be streamed live on December 14

From caganers to turrons, these are the best spots to buy presents and decorations 

Bread with raisins and candied fruit complements more traditional desserts like 'torrons' and 'neules' 

Passeig Sant Joan features decorative lights for first time 

Winter makeover for art nouveau World Heritage site features ice rink and lights galore in Christmas garden 

Sant Fruitós de Bages residents create 13 present-pooping figures from charred tree trunks 

50,000 people attend lighting-up ceremony, with some opinions divided over costs

Lights to be switched on November 23rd with grand show on Gràcia boulevard

Passeig Sant Joan boulevard features decorative lights for first time

Catalonia has long-held custom of including defecating figures in traditional nativity scene

Passeig Sant Joan added to the city's regular decorative streets

Event to include an ice-skating rink and a 16-meter-high Christmas tree