The 5 all the kids throw theirs letters to the pages of the kings, then after dinner, then the kids put one shoe of all the family in diferents parts of the living room, after that all the children go to sleep early.

The next day, the 6, when the people wakes up, in the living room, there are a lots of presents each person has his presents next to their shoe.

First of all we do a thing called “Merengada”, where everyone gets dirty with the meringue.

We also celebrate the Comparsas, where people at the first hours of the morning  gets together in a square, and with music they throw candies to all the people of Viilanova and when they finish they do a candies war.

Until then, the only limitation in some states was the prohibition of not doing work for a person more than 18 hours in a row without just cause. The fine for doing so was $25.

In this day the tradition is that a boy have to give a rose his girlfriend to show his affectation and girls give a book to his boyfriend.

All Saints is a time when it begins to be colder and the days get shorter. Summer has passed and nature appears to be entering a period of death. So it isn't strange that, since time immemorial, many cultures have established a day for remembering the dead around this date.

 For the next morning there are different types of popular dances such as cerculets, mulassa, tapestry dancing, gypsy dancing, big heads ... and at night the devils and dragons of the geltrú who fire and accompany them with drum music.

Cristòfor Colom, was who discovered America. It was the first contact of Europe and America.  But when he arrived to America, he thought that was India.  Martín Waldseemüller put in his map the name of America on 1507. 

Cristòfor Colom used three types of boats calleds:   la Pinta, la Niña i la Santa María. On August 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus boarded with all his crew. The travel was so difficult, they fixed the rudder, they had crisis,they hadn’t indications of land…

They lasted 36 days of travel, to arrive in one island unknow called Guanahani. 

On the Diada de Catalunya, there are floral offerings in the monuments of Rafael Casanova and Josep Moragues and in the Fossar de les Moreres. There are also protests and concerts and the anthem of Catalonia, Els Segadors is sung.

Parliament declared the national holiday of Catalonia in 1980, but the first commemoration dates back to 1886 although there were problems and it didn’t become popular until 1901. In the celebration of 1923 there was an intervention of the police that caused many wounded and arrested people and only 2 days later won the coup of State of Primo de Rivera, so the celebration was prohibited. With the Second Spanish Republic the 11th of September was celebrated again, but during the Franco dictatorship it was banned again. Finally it was celebrated again in 1976, when Franco died, but in Sant Boi de Llobregat that is where the tomb of Rafael Casanova is located since in the Franco dictatorship his statue in Barcelona had been removed. They replaced the statue and in 1977 it was again celebrated in Barcelona.

The correfoc term will be surge in different fencers of Festes Majors or popular celebrations of Catalonia, with an improvised demonstration of the people, dragons and diable that preform running, jumping and dancing. During the decade of the 80s and 90s it is going to be scalable for the geography of the Catalan Countries. S'ha to differentiate a correfoc i a cercavila or processó. In a fence or process, he faced that the public also act in the cas d'un correfoc, the rhythm of focus is slower than in a correfoc.

Most families eat their main Christmas meal on Christmas Eve before the service. The traditional Spanish Christmas dinner was 'Pavo Trufado de Navidad' which is Turkey stuffed with truffles or 'Pularda asada' , although they are not commonly eaten now.

Popular deserts and sweets include 'mazapán' (made of almonds, sugar and eggs), 'turrón' (made of honey and toasted almonds) and 'polvorones' (made of flour, butter and sugar).

An unusual figure which is popular and traditional in Pesebres in Catalonia is 'El Caganer' which means 'the poo-er'! And yes, it's a figure of a person going to the toilet! It's normally a figure of a Catalan peasant, wearing the traditional red Catalan cap (called a barretina) squatting with their trousers/pants down and well, you know... New versions of El Caganer are now produced each year, often with the faces of celebrities and politicians! This figure has been part of nativity scenes in Catalonia since the early 18th century. It's often hidden in a back corner of the Pesebre, well away from the stable! Similar figures can also sometimes be found in scenes in other areas in Spain.

A Christmas tree is a decorated tree, usually an evergreen conifer such as a spruce, pine or fir, or an artificial tree of similar appearance, associated with the celebration of Christmas, originating in Northern Europe. We decorate it with balls, lights and a star at the top of the tree.