phantasmagorovich wrote:
Oh, that is awesome!
When I was little the lanterns had actual candles in them and we held on to them like crazy because we were mega-afraid of a possible fire breaking out. Nowadays those things are battery powered little LED's. (Nothing that wouldn't benefit from the capable hands of a boutique pedal builder.)
But apart from Saint Martin on horseback there is also the tradition of a huge bonfire lit on the night and something very similar to trick-or-treating. We call it Schnörzen over here, you can go from house to house, but mostly you just raid stores or any place that will be open for public any way. Me and my daughter's mother took the little ones (only one of them is actually mine, another is like a step-son and the other two are the neighbor's children) into a bar where Tortoise was playing. Man, I wish I'd have gotten a ticket for them singing there!
Any way: even without rent or fleeing from Dofus any of y'all can hit me up and crash if you want to see a big ass cathedral and drink lots of beer! I guess this is a time when wanderlust hits many people.
Oh, yeah, she told me about the bonfire, too! Since coming over here, and holidays like Halloween (and even Christmas, to an extent) feeling somewhat foreign to her, it was nice to see something light up her eyes like this. So, thanks for that. She, also, holds Carnival in pretty high regard, too, it seems.
(BTW, Kölsch is my favorite German libation. So, you can says she taught me right.

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