Saint Anton bonfires. There is a Spanish tradition to celebrate Saint Anton, which consist of putting on a bonfire and staying there with friends. I don´t know which is the origin of this tradition, but I have read on the internet, that it is a pagan tradition which celebrated the end of the winter. We could think that it´s odd to celebrate winter ending in January because it´s just starting, but it was a way to wish to have a short winter and a long spring which was a good thing for crops and animals. Currently it has become very popular because most towns and cities celebrate also marathons on that day and there are people with torches lighting the way, at the end they use those torches to put on the bonfire.