Martinmas.

Martintag or  Martinmas is not celebrated in Mexico.  But since my friends of Lady St. Mary are travelling around the world we decided to have a look in Germany and  enjoy a little bit of their traditional culture.

The meaning of St. Martin's day is wonderful and this special day marks the beginning of the Advent season. In Germany (and other countries too)  they have a lantern parade in the evening and kids sing beautiful songs, sometimes there's a bonfire and the families share food and drinks.


We found this version of the legend beautifully "retold":

http://www.communigate.co.uk/wilts/stmartinslanternwalk/page4.phtml


Martinmas is all about sharing and being kind to other people!

Our lantern and our Weckman

By the way, the Weckman  is the traditional sweet yeast-bread man they made for this occasion, It looks like a 3D ginger bread man with a clay pipe in his mouth:

Love the feeling of dough!

Hope you had a magical day!