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nMartinmasnis celebrated in many nations – not just Germany – but thenholiday is especially important in what might be called Germanic or “Teutonic”ncountries: Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands,nBritish, other Scandinavian countries, and the Flanders portion of Belgium.
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nThenkilling of the St. Martin’s goose – or, in other regions, thenbutchering of fattened cattle to produce Martinmas beef – and thenserving a large feast are part of the holiday. Some other customsninclude giving horseshoe shaped pastries called “Martin’s horns”nand “sacrificing” a basket of fruit by tossing it into anbonfire.
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nSt.nMartin is sometimes said to bring gifts of presents to children –nalthough usually the presents consist of apples and nuts and cakesn(not, say, X-Boxes and remote-control cars!).
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nHeren is a Pinterest page with instructions on how to make many differentn kinds of Martinmas lanterns!
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nLavender’s Blue Homeschooling featuresn four Martinmas lanterns – note that the last idea is a quickie!
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nWaldorfn Schools seem to be big on Martinmas! This pagen features a story about St. Martin’s life plus a few songs for then holiday.
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nDiwali,nthe Indian festival of lights, is on the same day as St. Martin’snthis year!
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