One of the earliest celebrations in Canillo during January is Sant Antoni, in which the traditional markets are celebrated and "vianda" is distributed, which is a mountain soup. The "crema del mai" (burning of "mai") is celebrated to left behind the hard winter: traditionally a spruce fir tree was burned and people in town sang and danced around it until the flames consumed it. The tree is still burning up nowadays, one of those used as a decoration on the public road during Christmas, and theater groups encourage the party for the little ones.