Hardly anything here. But my dad used to make jack-o-latern out of large swedes – independently of Halloween which has only come to Germany via Hollywood in the last decades.
Thanks for sharing your trios of Hallowe’en decorations, Elke. Hallowe’en is now celebrated in many parts of the world. I’m sure this was very foreign to my parents when they first arrived in Canada over 70 years ago.
Yes and no. I believe they came from Germany, wasn’t it? Halloween as such was not known. But ever since I can remember my dad used to carve “Feuerteufel” out of large swedes (they call them rutabaga in the States, don’t they?) around this time of the year (not necessarily exactly before All Saints Day). So some form of such festivities are not all that foreign. Oh – and on 11 November there is, of course, St Martin’s Day. In our area children go on walks with lanterns and sing but believe in some areas they used to knock on people’s doors asking for sweets.
My German parents never told us about Feuerteufel and my Dad thought he didn’t like rutabaga until I started bringing it to family meals. He started to request it when we had family get togethers.
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I love the skellies!
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🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴 😁
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There are skeletons all over my neighborhood, even in the trees
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Hardly anything here. But my dad used to make jack-o-latern out of large swedes – independently of Halloween which has only come to Germany via Hollywood in the last decades.
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Thanks for sharing your trios of Hallowe’en decorations, Elke. Hallowe’en is now celebrated in many parts of the world. I’m sure this was very foreign to my parents when they first arrived in Canada over 70 years ago.
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Yes and no. I believe they came from Germany, wasn’t it? Halloween as such was not known. But ever since I can remember my dad used to carve “Feuerteufel” out of large swedes (they call them rutabaga in the States, don’t they?) around this time of the year (not necessarily exactly before All Saints Day). So some form of such festivities are not all that foreign. Oh – and on 11 November there is, of course, St Martin’s Day. In our area children go on walks with lanterns and sing but believe in some areas they used to knock on people’s doors asking for sweets.
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My German parents never told us about Feuerteufel and my Dad thought he didn’t like rutabaga until I started bringing it to family meals. He started to request it when we had family get togethers.
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Maybe it is/was a regional thing.
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I doubt it. My parents weren’t very religious.
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Neither was my dad – for him, it was just fun.
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