Comments on: Martinmas In The Waldorf Home http://theparentingpassageway.com/2009/10/29/martinmas-in-the-waldorf-home/ Peaceful Parenting for a Hectic World Sun, 27 May 2012 06:57:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Carrie http://theparentingpassageway.com/2009/10/29/martinmas-in-the-waldorf-home/#comment-11039 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:52:18 +0000 http://dendtler.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/martinmas-in-the-waldorf-home/#comment-11039 Thank you Elisabeth! Wonderful to hear from you!
Martinmas is my favorite fall holiday!
Many blessings,
Carrie

]]> By: Elisabeth http://theparentingpassageway.com/2009/10/29/martinmas-in-the-waldorf-home/#comment-11034 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:16:08 +0000 http://dendtler.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/martinmas-in-the-waldorf-home/#comment-11034 Hello!
I know you wrote this post a while a got but maybe you still follow the comments.

I’m living in Vienna / Austria and Martinmas is a pretty common festival around here. I’m working as a kindergarten teacher and every year we go on a lantern walk (sometimes we will go in the morning though if the children are really really young).
This year the kindergarten will celebrate with the local church. There will be someone playing Martin (he will even ride on a horse).

Some elements of a typical Martinmas around here:
* Make your own lanterns in the weeks before Martinmas.
* Go on a lantern walk.
* Sometimes tell the story of St. Martin.
* Sing songs while walking: “Ich gehe mit meiner Laterne!” or “Laterne, Laterne!” and many more.
* In Kindergarten we often give out “Martinskipferl” which are a kind of croissant. There will usually be one croissant for every two people so they can share with each other.
*Some people will cook a special meal (like you mentioned) the “Martinigans” (Martin’s goose). So yummy!

Last year I was running a home based childcare center. You can see pictures of our Michaelmas celebration here: http://tagesmama-pelikan.blogspot.com/2010/11/ich-gehe-mit-meiner-laterne.html

Martinmas is a very special celebration. It feels like the first “winter celebration” of the year.

Blessings for this years Michaelmas to you and your family!

Elisabeth

]]> By: A Waldorf View of Martinmas « The Parenting Passageway http://theparentingpassageway.com/2009/10/29/martinmas-in-the-waldorf-home/#comment-5278 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 03:13:26 +0000 http://dendtler.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/martinmas-in-the-waldorf-home/#comment-5278 [...] The time of Martinmas (November 11)  is upon us again!  This is one of my favorite times of the year; I wrote about some of my thoughts regarding Martinmas  last year here :http://theparentingpassageway.com/2009/10/29/martinmas-in-the-waldorf-home/    [...]

]]> By: Jodie Mesler http://theparentingpassageway.com/2009/10/29/martinmas-in-the-waldorf-home/#comment-1501 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:38:55 +0000 http://dendtler.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/martinmas-in-the-waldorf-home/#comment-1501 You are a sweet heart, thank you for your kind words!

]]> By: Carrie http://theparentingpassageway.com/2009/10/29/martinmas-in-the-waldorf-home/#comment-1493 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:31:20 +0000 http://dendtler.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/martinmas-in-the-waldorf-home/#comment-1493 Oooh Federica, I love these little tidbits you leave me! Someday I hope to travel to your country for a visit!
Ciao
Carrie :)

]]> By: Federica http://theparentingpassageway.com/2009/10/29/martinmas-in-the-waldorf-home/#comment-1492 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:26:03 +0000 http://dendtler.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/martinmas-in-the-waldorf-home/#comment-1492 Here in Italy we don’t celebrate St.Martin. We do as a family because we get to know the celebration through the Waldorf community and K.
But in Italian there’s an expression “fare San Martino” “to make St.Martin” which meant to move, to change house. That’s because for the people (peasants) working the earth, it was time to leave the work in the fields and maybe go back to their far villages. In fact the expression is mostly used in Northern regions where winter was colder and snow would cover the resting coltures.

Ciao
Federica

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