Christmas in the Matarraña preserves several folk traditions that close the festive cycle of the year.

On Christmas Eve, in villages such as Mazaleón and Calaceite, the adults bring a log into the house which, once hollowed out, is filled with sweets and gifts. The children beat it with sticks so that it «expels» the sweets and toys inside, a tradition of Catalan-Aragonese origin that shares roots with the Pyrenean «tió de Nadal».

On 5 January, in La Fresneda, children walk through the streets of the village dragging noisy objects tied to a rope. They make as much noise as they can to make sure the Three Wise Men do not forget their house.