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Is Halloween a big thing for you? How are you preparing for that night? (reddthat.com)

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[–] kindenough@kbin.earth 3 points 1 month ago

Not really. Retailers try to make it more of a thing every year though. We have Sinterklaas, Christmas and most important the Carnaval season here in the south of the Netherlands, which starts on 11/11.

More interestingly though the same day as Carnaval season starts we have ‘Sint-Maarten’, where the kids also trick and treat. This tradition is also known as old halloween.

In some German and Dutch-speaking towns, there are nighttime processions of children carrying paper lanterns or turnip lanterns and singing songs of St Martin. These processions are known in German as Laternelaufen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Martin%27s_Day