After some twilight tennis, playground horseplay, and dinner, we fired up the homemade lanterns, I strapped on my guitar, and the twelve of us (four adults and eight kids) put on a very respectable little Laternenlaufen for the neighborhood. We sang "Ich geh mit meiner Laterne" and "Sankt Martin ritt durch Schnee und Wind" numerous times, and in numerous keys. We got a lot of funny looks from passing drivers! Then we all went back to the house and had tasty homemade Weckmänner.
J was excited for days beforehand. In preparation we watched and talked about this lovely video from Sendung mit der Maus:
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