St. Martin's Day

Who is Saint Martin? Saint Martin of Tours is one of the most revered European catholic saints. This catholic saint was born in 316 A.D. in Hungary. Almost every child knows the legend of Saint Martin. The legend is that he saved a homeless person from freezing to death by giving him half of his cloak, which he cut in two with his sword. 

 I went to the St. Martin’s Day celebration on November 11th with my little nephew. My little nephew is going to turn two in December. He is a charming little boy. I definitely love to spend time with him. He is a little bit too young for creating his own candle-lit lantern for St. Martin’s Day, therefore my cousin let him borrow his lit-candle light since he was not using it. The candle-lit lantern was made from colorful transparent paper. Normally the children build the candle-lit lanterns before November 11th. In the evening of St. Martin’s Day there is a candle-lit lantern procession, which are most of the time organized by the local kindergarten. The local kindergarten in my town did a really great job preparing an amazing evening. The evening started with the lantern procession during which all the kids carried their self-made, lighted lanterns and sang many wonderful traditional songs dedicated to St. Martin. The songs were really good and my little nephew loved listening to the songs, singing along with the kids, and watching the procession. The kids did a really great job. At the end of the procession was a buffet with sweet pastries and roasted goose, which is a traditionally served. The roasted goose is traditional on St. Martin’s Day because when Saint Martin did not want to become Bishop therefore he hid near some geese. The people searching for him heard the loudly cackling geese and found Saint Martin and ordained him Bishop of Tours.