11 November 2012 Sint Maarten
Sint Maarten is also known as St Martins day is a Tradition where I live. On this day children in The Netherlands and Belgium will go out after its getting dark and walk from door to door with in their hands a lantarn with a little lamp in it and in the other hand a bag. They will ring the doorbells and after opening they will sing a little song to the person who opened the door. This person then in turn will hand out the children some candyor a mandarin, a cookie and sometimes even money. Most common is candy or mandarins though.
This year we decide to go out with Anarosa to, together with the kidsclub that’s run by a colleague of me. It was a lot of fun and Anarosa truly enjoyed it. Of course she could not sing the songs as she didn’t knew the words but she hummed along and even danced as the others where singing. Most of the time she just walked together with the daughter of my colleague, and the two of them had a great time. My colleague and me both walked with them of course, we would not let our kids just ring at strangers doorbells even at an evening where so many people are out on the streets for this event, you don’t want to take any chances. And Anarosa of course is too young anyway to be anywhere on her own anyways.
