"Yes, they seem to have adopted yet another piece of foolishness from America. It's been growing in acceptance and has been here for about two years." replied my cousin.
With that information in hand, I set out in search of Halloween in Germany. Here are some of the things I found.
A store window contained a pumpkin and a number of chickens. Nothing says Halloween like chickens.
This restaurant owner made certain all the bases were covered... signs in several languages, orange-ish table cloths and a Jack-o-Lantern.
Interesting menu choices on a pumpkin shape. Yum...pumpkin chili.
Unusual Halloween baking...punschdessert.
And finally, there was the definitive bearded witch.
As much as I tried, I really didn't find a lot of evidence of Halloween. What I found, was something quite different. It was something that I didn't expect. It was something I didn't see, but rather, heard. I heard church bells. Services were being held all over Germany in honour of something more important than Halloween. It was Reformation Day. Yes, I saw a sprinkling of trick or treaters. Yes, there were those individuals who sat at home. There were also many, many people, walking toward churches to celebrate. It was at church on the evening of October 31st that voices joined together and loudly sang, "A Mighty Fortress is Our God". That was how large numbers of people spent Halloween in Germany.
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