On the evening of November 11th, communities across Germany come together for the iconic St. Martin Lantern Parade. Children and families, carrying handcrafted lanterns, parade through the streets, creating a sea of lights reminiscent of St. Martin’s own act of sharing his cloak with a beggar.
Crafting for St. Martin
After a morning of crafting paper lanterns the students went on their lantern parade through the school while singing all the iconic St. Martin songs like “Laterne, Laterne, Sonne, Mond und Sterne“. ☀️ 🌙 ⭐️
Lighting up the Night
Later that evening, everyone was ready for a mesmerizing St. Martin lantern procession led by our singing students, lighting up the night with their various paper lanterns.
We were also thrilled to be invited again by the Surrey Firefighters, when two of their fire trucks added an extra spark to our parade.
Tim Hortons provided refreshments as there is no lantern parade without Hot Chocolate and some sweets.
Some cookies were handed out, replacing the traditional soft ‘Weckmann’.
Over 50 people from our school attended the illuminating event including 3 dogs.
And we are still dreaming that maybe one day, we will have St. Martin on a horse and perform the cloak-dividing play which is done everywhere in Germany.
