From Wikipedia:
St. Martin's Day (or Martinstag or Martinmas) is November 11, the feast day of Martin of Tours, who started out as a Roman soldier. He was baptized as an adult and became a monk. It is understood that he was a kind man who led a quiet and simple life. The most famous legend of his life is that he once cut his cloak in half to share with a beggar during a snowstorm, to save the beggar from dying of the cold. That night he dreamed that Jesus was wearing the half-cloak Martin had given away. Martin heard Jesus say to the angels: "Here is Martin, the Roman soldier who is not baptised; he has clothed me."
All the children at Lauren's school made lanterns (lampions) and learned 3 different songs to sing. Justin and I also made a lantern for him at Mums and Tots. Lauren's best friend from school and her younger brother came over and once it was dark the kids put on their jackets and backpacks and headed out carrying their lanterns. The street we live on is all expats and several of the children from school are our neighbors. As we progressed along the street, our group grew in size as the other children joined us. They all sang beautifully and were rewarded with plenty of candy! Even Justin joined in and quickly caught on to what was happening. He was running from house to house keeping up with the bigger kids and he made sure he got his candy before he left each house. The kids had a lot of fun joining in this local tradition.
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