The Forgotten Feast of Saint Martin

Robbert Leusink

Nov 11, 2025

How we forgot to prepare for winter

2 Comments

I think you mean from Martinmas to Christmas Eve, not Martinmas to Epiphany as the period of fasting.

Robbert Leusink

Nov 13Edited

No actually Epiphany. Epiphany is the original Christmas. 25 december came later.

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