On Mallorca, Christmas magic peaks not on 25 December but on 5–6 January, when Melchior, Gaspar and Balthasar arrive to greet thousands of families. The celebrations mix seaside pageantry with sweet traditions you can taste—literally.

Every January, Mallorca swaps beach towels for bonfires. Nowhere burns brighter than Palma, the island capital, where Festes de Sant Sebastià fills the old town with music stages, crackling foguerons, and a whirling correfoc of devils and dragons. The feast day itself is 20 January, but the city treats the whole fortnight as a rolling party.

On two winter nights every January, Mallorca swaps chill for cinders. Demons dance, bonfires roar, and the island’s villages sing, grill, and bless their beasts in honor of Sant Antoni Abat, patron saint of animals. The heart of it all is Sa Pobla, whose celebration has grown into the island’s most spectacular homage to fire and faith.

Every January 17, deep in the chill of winter, the town of Pollença in northern Mallorca lights up with smoke, music, anticipatory crowds, and one of the island’s most captivating folk spectacles: the Pujada al Pi (the Climb of the Pine). Part religious festival, part wild local challenge, the event is a vivid expression of community, tradition, daring — and just a touch of madness.