right before christmas, there's lots going on in front of the catedral de santa eulalia (aka la seu). there's a christmas fair outside in the plaça at night, and inside, you will see more offering candles than you've ever seen before. the heat literally creates a draft and there's hundreds of old women lighting candles for their patron saints. inside the inner courtyard, the typical thirteen geese (representing the thirteen years of saint eulalia's life) are replaced by a nativity scene. you'll want to come back on a normal day to see the geese, but otherwise, it's a pretty sweet display.
You should probably also stop and take a look at the caganers for sale out front. it's a weird catalan addition to nativity scenes that i'm still struggling to understand. kind of like their other unique christmas figure, the tió de nadal.
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