Day: November 19, 2020

Celebrating Martinmas

Outdoor autumn scene with crunchy leaves on the ground and a small pumpkin set next to a tree trunk. A wooden cane/stick has a mason jar lantern hanging from it. Another mason jar with a candle is set on the ground.

The eleventh of November is the traditional date of a festival celebrating Martinmas. To some, this may not be a familiar observance as this old European celebration comes from long, long ago, in the Middle Ages. As the legend goes, a young soldier named Martin passed under an archway in the French city of Amiens […]