{"id":11208,"date":"2019-11-14T11:00:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T11:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=11208"},"modified":"2019-11-18T16:49:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T16:49:41","slug":"how-germans-trick-or-treat-quite-differently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/how-germans-trick-or-treat-quite-differently\/","title":{"rendered":"How Germans Trick Or Treat Quite Differently"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Sunday, I was having dinner with my brothers and sisters. Since winter nears, it was already pitch black outside &#8211; and suddenly the doorbell rang. Who&#8217;s that? My brother opened the <em>T\u00fcr <\/em>(door), young, high <em>Stimmen <\/em>(voices) began to sing, and we looked at each other in horror &#8211; we forgot the <em>S\u00fc\u00dfigkeiten<\/em> (candy)! What&#8217;s going on here? Let me tell you.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>German Trick or Treat<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_11223\" style=\"width: 758px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11223\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11223\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/Laternelaufen-1999.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"748\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/Laternelaufen-1999.jpg 748w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/Laternelaufen-1999-350x216.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me and some other kids participating in <em>Laternelaufen<\/em> in 1999. I&#8217;m in the front with the <em>Marienk\u00e4ferkostum<\/em> (ladybug costume) (Image by author).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Every year on November 10,\u00a0<em>Kinder <\/em>(children) go from <em>T\u00fcr zu T\u00fcr <\/em>(door to door) to show off their <em>Laternen <\/em>(lanterns) and singing skills. Sometimes these\u00a0<em>Laternen\u00a0<\/em>are made at the <em>Schule <\/em>(school), a <em>Kirchengruppe\u00a0<\/em>(church group) or simply at home. The\u00a0<em>Laternen\u00a0<\/em>on the picture above, for example, we made with my dad.<\/p>\n<p>Now, you\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">can<\/span> dress up, but that&#8217;s not mandatory. The\u00a0<em>Laterne\u00a0<\/em>really is all you need!<\/p>\n<p>You leave in the evening, sometime after 5 pm, when it&#8217;s dark. Usually, you go in groups, and parents come along, particularly with smaller <em>Kinder<\/em>. You can literally go by every single house, even the\u00a0<em>Supermarkt\u00a0<\/em>(supermarket), and they&#8217;ll give you something sweet!<\/p>\n<p>But you have to sing a song for that, more on that later.<\/p>\n<p>Why do we celebrate this in the first place?<\/p>\n<h2><strong><em>Sankt Martinstag<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wer war St. Martin? - Vom r\u00f6mischen Soldaten, der sp\u00e4ter Bischof wurde | Der Elefant | WDR\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CdJPDlO3m6s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>November 11 marks <em>Sankt Martinstag <\/em>(Saint Martin Day), a celebration in honor of Saint Martin. Martin was a\u00a0<em>r\u00f6mischer Soldat <\/em>(Roman soldier) who helped a freezing <em>Bettler <\/em>(beggar) stay warm by cutting his <em>Mantel <\/em>(coat) in two and giving the\u00a0<em>Bettler\u00a0<\/em>a half. In his\u00a0<em>Traum<\/em>, the<em> Bettler\u00a0<\/em>appeared as Jesus, which convinced Martin to become a Christian.<\/p>\n<p>On\u00a0<em>Sankt Martinstag<\/em>, it is also\u00a0<em>\u00fcblich\u00a0<\/em>(common) to eat\u00a0<em>Martinsgans\u00a0<\/em>(Martin goose) &#8211; why?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11227\" style=\"width: 864px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/Martinsgans.jpeg\" aria-label=\"Martinsgans 1024x823\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11227\" class=\" wp-image-11227\"  alt=\"\" width=\"854\" height=\"687\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/Martinsgans-1024x823.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/Martinsgans-1024x823.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/Martinsgans-350x281.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/Martinsgans-768x617.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/Martinsgans-1536x1235.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/Martinsgans.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Martinsgans<\/em> (Martin&#8217;s goose) with <em>Kl\u00f6\u00dfe<\/em> (potato dumplings) and <em>Rotkohl<\/em> (red cabbage) &#8211; does it get any more German than this? (Image by author)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Well, at a certain point, the citizens of the French city of Tours wanted him to become their\u00a0<em>Bischof\u00a0<\/em>(bishop) &#8211; but Martin was too\u00a0<em>bescheiden\u00a0<\/em>(modest) and did not see himself <em>w\u00fcrdig\u00a0<\/em>(worthy) of the\u00a0<em>Amt\u00a0<\/em>(office). And so he hid &#8211; in a\u00a0<em>G\u00e4nsestall<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>(goose coop).<\/p>\n<p>But the\u00a0<em>G\u00e4nse\u00a0<\/em>(geese)\u00a0cackled too loud and blew his hiding place. He was made\u00a0<em>Bischof\u00a0<\/em>anyway. So as\u00a0<em>Strafe\u00a0<\/em>(punishment), the\u00a0<em>G\u00e4nse\u00a0<\/em>were eaten. So the moral of the story is&#8230; &#8220;snitches get stitches&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps to make this background less about\u00a0<em>Verrat\u00a0<\/em>(betrayal), there is another story to explain why the\u00a0<em>Martinsgans\u00a0<\/em>is eaten. Geese just waddled into the <em>Kirche\u00a0<\/em>(church) when Martin was holding his <em>Predigt <\/em>(sermon), interrupting him. Again, the <em>Todesstrafe\u00a0<\/em>(death sentence) awaited these unfortunate geese.<\/p>\n<p>As Constanze <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/halloweengermany\/\">pointed out before<\/a>, nowadays it is celebrated across Germany, often without the religious background. I grew up protestant and did not even know that there was a religious background to this celebration. That&#8217;s also why this day (or the evening before) is not only known as <em>Sankt Martin<\/em>, but also as\u00a0<em>Laternenlaufen <\/em>(lantern walking) or<em> Laternentag\u00a0<\/em>(lantern day).<\/p>\n<p>In some places, this is also accompanied by an <em>Um<\/em><em>zug\u00a0<\/em>(procession), like here in Austria:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Martinsfeier mit Laternenumzug in Mariazell\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m56Nez5wqMA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Popular\u00a0<em>Laternelieder<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Laternenlieder-Mix | Martinslieder-Mix - Kinderlieder zum Mitsingen | Sing Kinderlieder\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/932K0Ng_bXU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The video above teaches you some\u00a0<em>Laternenlieder\u00a0<\/em>(lantern songs)!<\/p>\n<p>I remember that once at the door, we would mostly sing the following verse only:<\/p>\n<p><em>Laterne, Laterne<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sonne, Mond und Sterne<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Brenne auf mein Licht, brenne auf mein Licht<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Aber nur meine liebe Laterne nicht!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(Lantern, lantern<\/p>\n<p>Sun, moon and stars<\/p>\n<p>Burn up my light, burn up my light<\/p>\n<p>but please don&#8217;t burn my lantern!)<\/p>\n<p>This makes a lot of sense &#8211; traditionally, the lanterns were made out of paper and a little candle was put inside &#8211; so it could literally catch fire!<\/p>\n<p>These days, there are safer alternatives, like little battery-powered lights that hold your lantern and give it light. We even had some fancy ones that had little pulsing colored lights in the rod.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you celebrate\u00a0<em>Sankt Martin\u00a0<\/em>in your country? What do you think about this celebration vs. something like Halloween? Let me know in the comments below!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/Martinsgans-350x281.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/Martinsgans-350x281.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/Martinsgans-1024x823.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/Martinsgans-768x617.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/Martinsgans-1536x1235.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/11\/Martinsgans.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Last Sunday, I was having dinner with my brothers and sisters. Since winter nears, it was already pitch black outside &#8211; and suddenly the doorbell rang. Who&#8217;s that? My brother opened the T\u00fcr (door), young, high Stimmen (voices) began to sing, and we looked at each other in horror &#8211; we forgot the S\u00fc\u00dfigkeiten (candy)!&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/how-germans-trick-or-treat-quite-differently\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":110,"featured_media":11227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3,7,8,108,913],"tags":[2005,358440,376025],"class_list":["post-11208","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-holidays","category-language","category-music","category-traditions","tag-children","tag-german-traditions","tag-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Last Sunday, I was having dinner with my brothers and sisters. 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