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.
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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Martin's_Day